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Photographer: Emmet J. Judziewicz
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Family Solanaceae
Datura stramonium L.
jimson-weed, thorn-apple
Datura: from Hindu vernacular name Dhatura
stramonium: spiky-fruited, and a name used by Theophrastus for the thorn-apple
Hazardous 
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| Status: | Introduced - naturalized |
| Plant: | erect, annual, 2'-4' tall forb, widely-branched, coarse, very aromatic |
| Flower: | white, 5-parted, 1 3/4" wide by 3" long, funnel-shaped, stalked, solitary, terminal; blooms July-Sept. |
| Fruit: | capsule usually covered with short spines |
| Leaf: | stalked, edges with a few large teeth |
| Habitat: | dry; disturbed sites |
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