Common thornapple

Family: Solanaceae
Scientific name: Datura stramonium
Description: Plant Form: Large annual herb. Size: Up to 1.5 m tall. Stem: Forking repeatedly, hairy or naked. Leaves: Diamond- to egg-shaped, to 35 x 20 cm, deeply lobed and with toothed edges. Flowers: White or pale lavender, 6-10 cm long, trumpet-shaped. Fruit and Seeds: Capsule 2-5 cm long, egg-shaped, erect, with many slender, irregular spines up to 2 cm long, releasing blackish, kidney-shaped, wrinkled seeds. Habitat: Disturbed sites, wasteland, roadsides. Distinguishing Features: Spines on the capsule shorter and flowers longer than Long-spined thornapple (Datura ferox). Weed Status: Priority Weed Weed Type: Agricultural Lifeform: Herbaceous