Author | L. | |
Distribution | Throughout the state, possibly present in all counties.
Native of Mexico and probably also Central America; in N.A. throughout southern Canada and the U.S. | |
Abundance | Frequent to locally common throughout, except infrequent in the Mountains and rare in the Sandhills proper. | |
Habitat | Roadsides, fields, pastures, barnyards, cropfields, disturbed ground, vacant lots. | |
Phenology | Flowering and fruiting July-October. | |
Identification | Jimsonweed is familiar to most folks, being a very robust and bushy herb, with huge white trumpet-like flowers. It is similar to D. inoxia, but its flowers are shorter -- under 4 inches long vs. more than 4 inches long in that rarely seen species. | |
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State Rank | SE | |
Global Rank | GU | |
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USACE-agcp | | |
USACE-emp | | |