Jimsonweed

Datura stramonium
Solanaceae

Growth Habit

Herbaceous

Description

Annual to 2m, glabrous to short pubescent. Leaves musky, elliptic to ovate, to 18x15cm, apex acute, base cuneate to cordate, margin sinuate, dentate or lobed. Flowers white or purple; calyx to 5cm, teeth unequal, to 1cm; corolla to 10cm, funneliform. Fruits to 10x14cm, 5 lobed, erect, spines to 1.5cm, slender.

Source of plant

Cornell Botanic Gardens

USDA Hardiness Zone

7

Special characteristics

medicinal/pharmaceutical