ID_PLANT: DAIN2
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Datura inoxia
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2020-01-01
GENUS INDEX
GENUS CODE: DATUR GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Datura GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Jimsonweed GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 10 species, herbs, of s. North America (probably originally native to sw. United States and Mexico). Several species of Datura are known to have been in our area at the time of first settlement by Europeans. They may have been weeds in native American fields, or grown for their hallucinogenic properties; the common name Jimsonweed is a corruption of Jamestown Weed. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Bye in FNA [in prep.]; Avery, Satina, & Rietsema (1959)=Z. {needs thorough rework, based on herbarium material and clarification of nomenclature}
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: SOLANA FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Solanaceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Nightshade Family FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 94 genera and nearly 3000 species, shrubs, trees, vines, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan but especially diverse in South America. FAMILY REFERENCE: Hunziker (2001).
USDA Symbol: DAIN2
USDA Common Name: Pricklyburr
Native Status: L48 (I), HI (I), PR (I), VI (I), CAN (W)
Distribution: USA (AR, AZ, CA, CT, HI, IL, IN, KY, MA, MD, NJ, NM, NY, PA, TX), USA+ (PR, VI), CAN (ON, QC)
Duration: Annual,Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb, Shrub
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Datura inoxia
COMMON NAME: Indian-apple
SYNONYMY: [= K1, Mo, WH3, Z; = D. innoxia - F, S, WV, orthographic variant; ? D. meteloides - G, misapplied]
PHENOLOGY: Sep-Oct.
HABITAT: Disturbed areas; native of Mexico.
COMMENTS: This species may not be distinct from D. wrightii. {It is currently not known with confidence which records in our area apply to which taxon}
RANGE MAP:
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Solanaceae A.L. Jussieu 1789 (Nightshade Family) SUMMARY: A family of about 94 genera and nearly 3000 species, shrubs, trees, vines, and herbs, nearly cosmopolitan but especially diverse in South America. REFERENCE: Hunziker (2001).ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Datura L. (Jimsonweed) SUMMARY: A genus of about 10 species, herbs, of s. North America (probably originally native to sw. United States and Mexico). Several species of Datura are known to have been in our area at the time of first settlement by Europeans. They may have been weeds in native American fields, or grown for their hallucinogenic properties; the common name Jimsonweed is a corruption of Jamestown Weed. REFERENCE: Bye in FNA [in prep.]; Avery, Satina, & Rietsema (1959)=Z. {needs thorough rework, based on herbarium material and clarification of nomenclature}
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Datura inoxia in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Datura inoxia in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)