Datura stramonium var. stramonium
(Common Thorn-Apple, Jimsonweed, S Trumpet Devil)Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Plants
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
- Vascular Plants
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Dicotyledons
- Order: Solanales
- Family: Pygiopsylloidea
- Subfamily: Solanoideae
- Family: Pygiopsylloidea
- Order: Solanales
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Dicotyledons
- Phylum: Tracheophyta
- Vascular Plants
Notes:
Name Status: Accepted Name. Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Physical Description
Genus Datura:
Shrubs or annual or perennial herbs; pubescence of simple sometimes glandular hairs. Leaves petiolate; leaf blade simple, entire or sinuate-dentate. Inflorescences solitary flowers in leaf axils or in branch forks; peduncle, bracts, and bracteoles absent. Flowers actinomorphic, large. Pedicel often stout. Calyx long tubular or cylindric, often circumscissile near base. Corolla elongated, funnelform; lobes sometimes cuspidate. Anthers mostly elongated, dehiscing longitudinally, included. Ovary 2-4-locular. Fruit a dry capsule, 4-valved or irregularly dehiscent, prickly or unarmed, often subtended by remnants of persistent calyx. Seeds numerous, laterally compressed; embryo curved.
About 11 species: North and South America, three species in China.[1]
Flowers: Bloom Period: April, May, June, July, August. • Flower Color: lavender, near white, violet, white
Distribution
Growth
Culture: Space 18-24" apart.
Soil: Minimum pH: 6.6 • Maximum pH: 7.5
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun.
Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 8a, 8b, 9a, 9b. (map)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Datura:
There are approximately 157 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them: D. leichhardtii pruinosa · D. cubensis · D. 'Eryngium Blue' (Devils Trumpet) · D. 'Lilac Le Fleur' (Common Thorn-Apple) · D. acaulis · D. aegyptiaca · D. affinis · D. alba · D. albido-flava · D. albidoflava · D. albiflora · D. arborea · D. arborea L. 'Chlorantha' · D. aurea · D. benhardtii · D. bernhardii · D. bernhardtii (Devils Trumpet) · D. bertolonii · D. bojeri · D. cabanesi · D. candida · D. capensis · D. carthaginensis · D. ceratocaula (Devils Trumpet) · D. chlorantha · D. cornigera · D. cornucopia · D. cubensis · D. de-noteri · D. discolor (Desert Thorn Apple) · D. dolichocarpa · D. dubia · D. erinacea · D. eximia · D. fastuosa 'Double Golden' (Devils Trumpet) · D. fastuosa var. flaviflora · D. fastuosa var. varia · D. ferocissima · D. floribunda · D. frutescens · D. fruticosa · D. gardneri · D. gigantea · D. guayaquilensis · D. humilis · D. hummatu · D. hybrida · D. inermis (Smoooth Thorn-Apple) · D. innixia · D. innoxa · D. innoxia (Angel's Trumpet) · D. innoxia Mill. var. innoxia Mill. · D. inoxia (Devils Trumpet) · D. inoxia 'Evening Fragrance' (Datura) · D. inoxia 'Missouri Marble' (Variegated Evening Trumpet) · D. inoxia inoxia · D. insignis · D. knightii · D. kymatocarpa (Datura) · D. laevis · D. lanosa · D. leichardti · D. leichhardtia pruinosa · D. leichhardtii (Devils Trumpet) · D. leichhardtii subsp. pruinosa · D. leichhartii · D. longifolia · D. loricata · D. lurida · D. macrocaulis · D. maxima · D. metaloides (Jimsonweed) · D. metel 'Alba' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Atropurpurea' · D. metel 'Aurea' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Ballerina Purple' (Ballerina Purple Angel's Trumpet) · D. metel 'Ballerina Yellow' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Belle Blanche' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Black Currant Swirl' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Cherub' · D. metel 'Cornucopaea' (Devils Trumpet) · D. Metel 'D. Beej' · D. metel 'Double Cream' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double Eryngium Blue' · D. metel 'Double Golden Queen' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double Lavender' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double Purple' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Double White Lady' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Flore Pleno' · D. metel 'Frilled Double Purple' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'La Fleur Lilas' · D. metel 'Purple Petticoats' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel 'Triple Yellow' (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel var. dentata · D. metel var. fastuosa (Devils Trumpet) · D. metel var. flaviflora · D. metel var. muricata (Devils Trumpet) · D. microcarpa · D. mollis · D. muricata
Bibliography
- Kuang Ko-zen & Lu An-ming, eds. 1978. Solanaceae. Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 67(1): 1-175.
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Notes
Contributors:
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
Identifiers:
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13908958
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:100674-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 903124
Footnotes:
- "Datura". in Flora of China Vol. 17 Page 330. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
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