What is Datura stramonium?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = Thorn apple / Jimson weed | image = DaturaStramonium-plant-sm.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]] | ordo = [[Solanales]] | familia = [[Solanaceae]] | genus = ''[[Datura]]'' | species = '''''D. stramonium''''' | binomial = ''Datura stramonium'' | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] | synonyms = * ''Datura inermis'' Juss. ex Jacq. * ''Datura stramonium'' var. ''chalybea'' W. D. J. Koch, nom. illeg. * ''Datura stramonium'' var. ''tatula'' (L.) Torr. * ''Datura tatula'' L.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13323 |title=Datura stramonium information from NPGS/GRIN |accessdate=2008-02-05 |archive-date=2008-12-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211153212/http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?13323 |url-status=dead }}</ref> }} '''''Datura stramonium''''', known by the common names, '''jimson weed''', '''ditch weed''', '''stink weed''', '''loco weed''','''Korean morning glory''', '''Jamestown weed''', '''thorn apple''', '''angel's trumpet''', '''devil's trumpet''', '''devil's snare''', '''devil's seed''', '''mad hatter''', '''crazy tea''', '''malpitte''', '''the Devil's balls''', is an erect annual herb, on average 30 to 150 cm (1-5 feet) tall with erect, forking and purple stems. The leaves are large, 7 to 20 cm (3-8 in) long and have irregular teeth Flowers are trumpet-shaped, white to purple, and 2-7 in long.The fruit are walnut-sized, egg-shaped, and covered in prickles, they split into four chambers, each chamber with dozens of small black seeds [[File:Datura stramonium MHNT.BOT.2004.0.263a.jpg|thumb|left|mature capsule of Jimsonweed]] == Other websites == http://www.erowid.org/plants/datura/datura_info5.shtml == References == {{reflist}} {{Biology-stub}} [[Category:Solanaceae]]