Datura stramonium

ClassificationDicots
FamilySolanaceae
Family (Traditional)Solanaceae
GenusDatura
Species:Datura stramonium L.
Common NameJimsonweed; Thorn Apple; Chamisco; Estramonio
Growth Habitforb
Plant Notes**
CharacteristicsArmaments: No; Armaments: Yes; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: DRU; Natural Area Presence: FG; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: GRSM; Natural Area Presence: LC; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: NCCGSNA; Natural Area Presence: SM; Duration: Annual; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Dry-mesic; Moisture Requirements: Mesic; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: alternate; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Rank: spiral; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaflet Number: 0; Base Flower Color: White; Carpel Number/Pistil: 2; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Petal Number: 5; Pistil Number: 1; Placentation Type: Axillary; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A; Stamen Number: 5
C value N/A
StatusNot Native; TN[SNA] KY[SNA] (State Rank); GU (Global Rank)
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** Not applicable or data not available.

Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions
  • Southeastern Plains
    • Blackland Prarie
  • Blue Ridge Mountains
  • Ridge and Valley
  • Cumberland Plateau
  • Cumberland Mountains
  • Allegheny Plateau
  • Interior Plateau
    • Bluegrass Region
    • Nashville Basin
    • Pennyroyal Karst Plain
    • Western Highland Rim
    • Eastern Highland Rim

Synonyms

SynonymFull Citation
Datura stramonium var. tatula Datura stramonium var. tatula (L.) Torr.
Datura tatula Datura tatula L.

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort.

Counties included on distribution map: Adair (KY), Allen (KY), Ballard (KY), Barren (KY), Bell (KY), Calloway (KY), Campbell (KY), Carter (KY), Clinton (KY), Cumberland (KY), Edmonson (KY), Estill (KY), Fayette (KY), Garrard (KY), Grant (KY), Harrison (KY), Henry (KY), Jefferson (KY), Jessamine (KY), Kenton (KY), Lewis (KY), Lyon (KY), Madison (KY), Marion (KY), Meade (KY), Menifee (KY), Muhlenberg (KY), Nicholas (KY), Oldham (KY), Owen (KY), Pendleton (KY), Pike (KY), Robertson (KY), Rowan (KY), Shelby (KY), Spencer (KY), Todd (KY), Trigg (KY), Trimble (KY), Warren (KY), Washington (KY), Wolfe (KY), Anderson (TN), Bledsoe (TN), Blount (TN), Carroll (TN), Carter (TN), Clay (TN), Coffee (TN), Crockett (TN), DeKalb (TN), Dickson (TN), Dyer (TN), Franklin (TN), Gibson (TN), Giles (TN), Hamblen (TN), Hamilton (TN), Hardin (TN), Hawkins (TN), Haywood (TN), Henry (TN), Hickman (TN), Houston (TN), Humphreys (TN), Knox (TN), Lauderdale (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), Macon (TN), Marion (TN), Maury (TN), Montgomery (TN), Obion (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Rhea (TN), Roane (TN), Rutherford (TN), Sevier (TN), Shelby (TN), Smith (TN), Stewart (TN), Sullivan (TN), Tipton (TN), Van Buren (TN), Weakley (TN), Williamson (TN), Wilson (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, ETSU, HTTU, KNK, MEM, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS, UTM

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1961 - 2019

Accession No. (click for full details) County State Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
31234100673332 Nicholas Kentucky 10 Oct 1997 James B. Beck
427
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673282 Madison Kentucky 21 Aug 1993 Susan Wind
227
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673217 Carter Kentucky 30 Jul 1965 Elizabeth M. Browne
11009
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673274 Rowan Kentucky 29 Sep 1999 Kim Feeman
872
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673209 Barren Kentucky 02 Sep 1993 Charles J. Lapham
195
EKY
Datura stramonium
31973000011147 Harrison Kentucky 09 Oct 1993 Thieret, John
53444
KNK
Datura stramonium
31973000004047 Campbell Kentucky 05 Nov 2013 Whitson, Maggie (Mary)
2013-0052 1/5
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192932 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192955 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192927 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192934 Giles Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192933 Dickson Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192935 Hardin Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0001809 Stewart Tennessee 11 Jun 1965 W H Ellis
74
APSC
Datura stramonium
31234100673316 Marion Kentucky 31 Aug 1997 Ross C. Clark
23622
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673258 Garrard Kentucky 16 Jul 1983 Donna A. Godbey
381
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673308 Marion Kentucky 12 Oct 1998 Timothy J. Weckman
4432
EKY
Datura stramonium
BEREA020761 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA020757 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA020765 Shelby Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
31973000011146 Madison Kentucky 10 Sep 1995 Weckman, Timothy
1984
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192954 Williamson Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192948 Roane Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192926 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192931 Crockett Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192964 Pike Kentucky
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192929 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192943 Macon Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0087619 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
31234100673290 Madison Kentucky 05 Oct 1978 J. Stuart Lassetter
3422
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673241 Estill Kentucky 18 Sep 1987 Richard G. Guetig
366
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673266 Madison Kentucky 19 Sep 1993 Gary W. Libby
OB-141
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673233 Cumberland Kentucky 07 Sep 1997 R. C. Clark, James Beck, Carrie Tilton
23,796
EKY
Datura stramonium
BEREA020762 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
31973000011152 Kenton Kentucky 01 Aug 1977 Applegarth, Patrick
231
KNK
Datura stramonium
31973000011142 Pendleton Kentucky 10 Sep 1983 Buddell, George
3207
KNK
Datura stramonium
31973000011150 Lewis Kentucky 24 Sep 1983 Buddell, George
3282
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192947 Rhea Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192944 Maury Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192936 Haywood Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192921 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192951 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0001819 Montgomery Tennessee 20 May 1967 R Plummer
APSC
Datura stramonium
31234100675444 Jessamine Kentucky 07 Oct 1978 Johnnie B. Varner
11789
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673191 Adair Kentucky 26 Jul 1988 Bruce Hoagland
454
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100853074 Wolfe Kentucky 30 Jul 1988 R.C. Clark
21658
EKY
Datura stramonium
BEREA020760 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA020763 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
31973000011149 Campbell Kentucky 28 Sep 1993 Abdel-Nabi, Hadeel
11
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192984 Hamblen Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192938 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192950 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0001820 Montgomery Tennessee 10 Sep 1968 E W Chester
2191
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001827 Houston Tennessee 01 Aug 1987 E W Chester
87-607
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001828 Stewart Tennessee 31 Jul 1991 J Joyner, E W Chester
975
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0087618 Fayette Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001815 Cumberland Kentucky 05 Oct 1997 James B. Beck with R.C. Clark, C.L. Tilton, T.J. Wckman
391
APSC
Datura stramonium
31234100673225 Clinton Kentucky 07 Aug 1999 Mark A. Gorton
99-1006
EKY
Datura stramonium
31234100673357 Robertson Kentucky 15 Aug 2002 Timothy J. Weckman
7652
EKY
Datura stramonium
BEREA020758 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
31973000011141 Grant Kentucky 10 Oct 2003 Thieret, John
61675
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192952 Sullivan Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192928 Clay Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192919 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0119393 Allen Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0077523 Oldham Kentucky 21 Sep 1968 Harry Woodward
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001810 Stewart Tennessee 01 Aug 1975 E W Chester
3073
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001825 Montgomery Tennessee 02 Oct 1998 E W Chester
13679
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0119396 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001829 Humphreys Tennessee 23 Aug 2002 S M Gunn
629
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0079500 Trimble Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0119392 Edmonson Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
31234100673324 Menifee Kentucky 20 Aug 1989 Carol Hanley
190
EKY
Datura stramonium
BEREA020764 Pendleton Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA020756 Bell Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
31973000011148 Nicholas Kentucky 06 Jul 1979 Hils, Matthew
67
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192949 Sevier Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192945 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192965 Shelby Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192930 Coffee Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192939 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192940 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0001816 Dickson Tennessee 17 Sep 2011 Courtney E. Gorman and Katherine Gorman
3
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0087621 Owen Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0097836 Jefferson Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0077812 Jefferson Kentucky 03 Aug 1983 Max Medley
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU009651 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
BEREA020759 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA020766 DeKalb Tennessee
BEREA
Datura stramonium
31973000011143 Washington Kentucky 10 Aug 1998 Thieret, John
60359
KNK
Datura stramonium
31973000011144 Jessamine Kentucky 05 Oct 1999 Thieret, John
60661
KNK
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192946 Montgomery Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192923 Blount Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192978 Carter Kentucky
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192937 Knox Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0001824 Stewart Tennessee 26 Jul 1983 E W Chester
83-236
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0087617 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001823 Todd Kentucky 26 Aug 1968 E W Chester, L Settle
3764
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0054388 Hamilton Tennessee
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0087622 Meade Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU009653 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016358 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
31234100673340 Pike Kentucky 22 Jul 1964 Elizabeth M. Browne
8900
EKY
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192920 Anderson Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192953 Van Buren Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192922 Bledsoe Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192925 Carroll Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
TENN-V-0192942 Lauderdale Tennessee
TENN
Datura stramonium
APSC0001807 Trigg Kentucky 03 Aug 1966 B Evans
2297
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001806 Stewart Tennessee 28 Jul 1966 E Wofford
2238
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0087624 Calloway Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0119391 Barren Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU016369 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016372 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016376 Smith Tennessee
HTTU
Datura tatula
HTTU016359 Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
MTSU018920 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Jun 1980 Sara Robinson
46
MTSU
Datura stramonium
MTSU018918 Rutherford Tennessee 17 Jun 1980 Mike Goodpasture
46
MTSU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016367 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016375 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura tatula
HTTU016361 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU028654 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016356 Lawrence Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016377 Bledsoe Tennessee
HTTU
Datura tatula
HTTU009652 Hickman Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016363 Wilson Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
UCHT025977 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT034822 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025967 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
N/A Hawkins Tennessee 21 Aug 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
ETSU
Datura stramonium
MEM010951 Tipton Tennessee 10 Aug 1968 Sarah J. Warrington
282
MEM
Datura stramonium
MEM007752 Shelby Tennessee 04 Sep 1970 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
70M1.5
MEM
Datura stramonium
MEM002805 Grant Kentucky 29 Jul 1961 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
4665
MEM
Datura stramonium
HTTU009654 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
MTSU018921 Rutherford Tennessee 16 Jun 1996 William H. Butler Jr.
38
MTSU
Datura stramonium
UTM01580 Gibson Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01582 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01578 Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01577 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01587 Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01579 Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
BEREA025279 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA025652 Lewis Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
BEREA025899 Madison Kentucky
BEREA
Datura stramonium
APSC0001817 Henry Tennessee 11 Oct 1989 E W Chester
89-820
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001821 Montgomery Tennessee 18 Jun 1967 W Chester
1665
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0119394 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU016362 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016371 Smith Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
UCHT025975 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025968 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT034821 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT034820 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025970 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025974 Clay Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UTM01576 Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01581 Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01583 Weakley Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
UTM01589 Dyer Tennessee
UTM
Datura tatula
UTM01586 Tennessee
UTM
Datura stramonium
MTSU018919 Rutherford Tennessee 01 Jul 1981 Joao M. C. Ribeiro
32
MTSU
Datura stramonium
ETSU008844 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Datura stramonium
APSC0094255 Obion Tennessee
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0092676 Putnam Tennessee
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001811 Lyon Kentucky 12 Jul 1985 E W Chester
85-446
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0050479 Dickson Tennessee
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU016368 Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
UCHT034823 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025969 Polk Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025976 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
ETSU008845 Carter Tennessee
ETSU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016360 Lawrence Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
MTSU018917 Lewis Tennessee 04 Jul 1981 Jeff Peery
57
MTSU
Datura stramonium
ETSU026563 Hawkins Tennessee 21 Aug 2019 Frosty Levy, Elaine Walker
19718
ETSU
Datura stramonium
MEM005449 Henry Kentucky 23 Jun 1962 J.L. Gentry Jr.
333
MEM
Datura stramonium
MEM002806 Madison Kentucky 15 Aug 1962 Elizabeth M. Browne, Edward T. Browne Jr.
6197
MEM
Datura stramonium
APSC0087620 Oldham Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001818 Montgomery Tennessee 20 May 1981 E W Chester
81-217
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001808 Trigg Kentucky 12 Jul 1985 E W Chester
85-453
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0073637 Spencer Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001812 Trigg Kentucky 11 Sep 1985 E W Chester
85-874
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU009650 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016370 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016366 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016355 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU009656 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016379 Tennessee
HTTU
Datura tatula
HTTU016378 Tennessee
HTTU
Datura tatula
UOS06042 Franklin Tennessee 30 Jun 1996 Mary P. Priestley
UOS
Datura stramonium
MEM014675 Obion Tennessee 08 Oct 1978 Fred Deneke
200
MEM
Datura stramonium
APSC0119390 Muhlenberg Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0001813 Stewart Tennessee 19 Jul 1980 E W Chester, J Stack, P Harper
638
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0119395 Warren Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
APSC0087623 Ballard Kentucky
APSC
Datura stramonium
HTTU016373 DeKalb Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016357 Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU009655 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
HTTU016374 Putnam Tennessee
HTTU
Datura stramonium
UCHT025971 Marion Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025972 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
UCHT025973 Hamilton Tennessee
UCHT
Datura stramonium
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