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Jimson Weed
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or Jamestown weed, large, coarse annual plant (Datura stramonium) of the family Solanaceae (nightshade family), native to warm-temperate and tropical regions of the New World, ...
Sacred Datura, Wright's Jimson Weed
Scientific Name: Datura wrightii Regel
Synonym: Datura inoxia ssp. quinquecuspida, Datura meteloides, Datura metel var. quinquecuspida
Family: Solanaceae ...
Jimson weed is typically found growing on the disturbed earth of barnyards and construction sites like this one along Interstate 75 in Tennessee.
Datura wrightii. Jimson Weed. Zion National Park, Utah.
There are more
Nightshade Family pictures
at the Texas A&M Biometrics Experimental Database.
Thorn Apple or Jimson Weed is widespread from the Arabian peninsula through India, Asia and the Americas with fast growing annuals as well as woody perennials.
The plants in the Sonoran desert are very interesting, such as fairy duster, jimson weed (poisonous), tumble weed, night blooming cereus, devils claw, ghost flower, hedgehog cactus and showy four o clock.
The angel's trumpets were once botanically combined with the Daturas, which includes our native Jimson weed. Botanists seem to have finally agreed that they belong in separate genera.
Thorn apple health benefits (Datura stramonium - Solanaceae Fam.)
Popular names: jimson weed, angel's trumpet, devil's weed, thorn apple, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, datura, moonflower, malpitte and mad seeds, etc.
Black walnut is harmful to the growth of all nightshade plants, including Datura or Jimson weed, eggplant, mandrake, deadly nightshade or belladonna, capsicum (paprika, chile pepper), potato, tobacco, tomato, and petunia.
[edit] See also ...
It's my guess the rarer name "Jimmy Fern" was adapted from having the same effect on cattle & sheep as does Jimson Weed. The fern has a toxin that keeps it from being browsed by rabbits or desert rodents, & it is avoided by deer.
Datura innoxia, Datura meteloides
Family: Solanaceae
Thorn Apple, Moonflower, Toloache, Jimson Weed, Angel's Trumpet, Stinkweed, Pricklyburr
Origin: Central America ...
Datura guayaquilensis (sinónimo), Datura humilis (sinónimo), Datura innoxia (sinónimo), Datura metel (sinónimo), Dature chlorantha (sinónimo), Dhatura (hindi), Dhustura (sánscrito), Downy thornapple (inglés), Horn-of-plenty (inglés), Jimson weed ...
 See also: May, Green, Nightshade, Potato, Apple
  
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