Jimsonweed - Datura stramonium
Other Names:
Devil's Snare
Non-native Species
Global Rank:
GU
State Rank:
SNA
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C-value:
1
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Annual. Stems erect, branched, 30–150 cm. Herbage glabrate to puberulent, especially on the veins, poisonous. Leaf blades ovate, 6–18 cm long, sharply lobed. Inflorescence of solitary, axillary flowers. Flowers showy; calyx tubular, 3–5 cm long with short lanceolate lobes; corolla white to purple, funnelform, the tube 5–8 cm long, the limb 3–5 cm across with shallow, mucronate lobes. Fruit an erect, spiny to unarmed, ovoid capsule 2–4 cm long, subtended by a collar formed from the calyx base
(Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).