Vascular Plants of North Carolina
Account for Jimsonweed - Datura stramonium   L.
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DistributionThroughout 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.
AbundanceFrequent to locally common throughout, except infrequent in the Mountains and rare in the Sandhills proper.
HabitatRoadsides, fields, pastures, barnyards, cropfields, disturbed ground, vacant lots.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting July-October.
IdentificationJimsonweed 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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