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Datura inoxia

Datura inoxia Mill.

indian-apple, pricklyburr

Synonym(s): Datura fastuosa, Datura innoxia, Datura metel, Datura meteloides

PLANT INDEX

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.
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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).

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DURATION: Annual, Perennial
HABIT: Herb, Shrub

LEAF ARRANGEMENT: Alternate
LEAF COMPLEXITY: Simple
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NATIVE RANGE: United States & Mexico

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GRIM ACCESSIONS

acc_id acc_num acc_dt coll_id Action
7005 1998-0243 View

GRIM PLANTINGS

plt_num acc_id loc_num pers_num inst_dt Action
9880 7005 8 NCBG staff 1996-03-05 View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

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}
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ABOUT 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)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Datura inoxia in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Datura inoxia in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Datura inoxia in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Datura inoxia

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ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
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