Datura stramonium
Poisonous plant
Common name
thornapple
Family
Solanaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Conservation status
Not applicable
Similar taxa
White trumpet flowers (Landcare Research 1999).
Flower colours
Violet/Purple, White
Year naturalised
1867
Origin
Tropical and Subtropical America
Etymology
datura: From the vernacular East Indian
stramonium: Old botanic Latin for ‘thorn apple’
Poisonous plant
The black seed and other parts of the plant contain a powerful and toxic drug.