Datura ferox Calflora

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Taxon Report

Datura ferox L.

Chinese thornapple

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


	Plant Range Observation Search ~42 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

Alternate Names:


PLANTS	Datura quercifolia

Information about Datura ferox from other sources


Jepson eFlora 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) 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]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/29/2025).