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Species profile—Datura stramonium (common thornapple)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → SolanaceaeDatura stramonium (common thornapple)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Solanaceae
Scientific name
Datura stramonium L.
Common name
common thornapple
WildNet taxon ID
17496
Alternate name(s)
thornapple
thornapples
stramonium
stinkweed
purple-flowered thornapple
mad apple
jimsonweed
jimson weed
Jamestown weed
false castor oil
devil's trumpet
castor oil plant
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=17496.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
20 May 2024