Leaf type: Rhombic, serrated, ovate
Leaf margin: Smooth
Phyllotaxis: Alternate
Colour: Green
Life cycle: Annual
Leaf (upper side)
Growth habit & biology
Datura stramonium can grow over a meter tall and then resemble a shrub. However, it is an annual herbaceous plant.
The rhombic, triangular, or oval leaves are lobed and coarsely toothed. The leaf margin is smooth.
The leaves, stems, flowers, and fruits are poisonous.
Distribution & habitates
Its native range includes southern North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. As an introduced species, Datura stramonium is found almost worldwide (source).
As a pioneer species, Datura stramonium commonly colonizes construction sites, rubble heaps, and other disturbed habitats, as well as fields, parks, gardens, roadsides, embankments, and slopes.
Botany
This member of the night shade family (Solanaceae) is commonly known as thornapple, jimsonweed or devil’s trumpet.
