Datura stramonium Calflora

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Taxon Report

Datura stramonium L.

Jimson weed, Jimsonweed

2011 Steve Matson

2020 Ron Vanderhoff

2011 Steve Matson

2024 R.A. Chasey

2019 Lenihan Mazur

2021 Brad Cook

2020 Catherine Capone

2024 D.L. Nguyen

2004 Joseph Dougherty/ecology.org

Datura stramonium is an annual herb that is not native to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~387 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Genus:	Datura
Family:	Solanaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat any part of this plant.

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS

Alternate Names:


JEF + PLANTS	Datura stramonium var. tatula
PLANTS	Datura tatula

Information about Datura stramonium from other sources


Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (DAST) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2	Add an Observation Location Suitability Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).