Datura stramonium, Jimson weed - Seeds - plants - dried herbs

Common names: Jimson weed, thorn apple

Botanical name & synonyms: Datura stramonium, Datura bernhardii, Datura bertolonii, Datura cabanesii, Datura capensis, Datura ferocissima, Datura ferox, Datura hybrida, Datura inermis, Datura laevis, Datura loricata, Datura lurida, Datura microcarpa, Datura muricata, Datura pseudostramonium, Datura tatula, Datura wallichii, Stramonium foetidum, Stramonium spinosum, Stramonium tatula, Stramonium vulgatum

Family: Nightshades (Solanaceae)

• annual
  

• 20 to 100cm
  

• flower VI to X
  

• medicinal / poison plant (scopolamine)
  

• plant community: waste ground, ruderal
  

• for butterflies
  

• weight of 1 000 seeds = 9 gram