Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Jimson Weed

Datura sp.

Description:

Large white trumpet flowers on green plant.

Habitat:

Near pond in otherwise dry area at Daley Ranch

Notes:

Photo by one of my teen nature enthusiasts :)

2 Species ID Suggestions

looks like it could be Datura, also called Jimson Weed or Deadly Nightshade
Datura stramonium


Sign in to suggest organism ID

3 Comments

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

Thank you Dandoucette. I'll update the common name; however, Chris was right on with the rest!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

This species is usually known as Jimson Weed or Thorn Apple. Deadly Nightshade refers to Atropa belladonna.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadly_nigh...

CindyBinghamKeiser
CindyBinghamKeiser 12 years ago

So great to see you on here! Thank you for the ID Chris!

Escondido, California

Spotted on Jul 26, 2011
Submitted on Jul 26, 2011

Related Spottings

Datura Datura Sacred Datura Jimsonweed

Nearby Spottings

Unknown Spotting Butterfly Iris Ground Squirrel Spotting

Reference

Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team