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Datura stramonium (Common Thorn Apple) |
Datura stramonium (SOLANACEAE.)
Images for this profile are taken from the Maltese Islands at or after year 2000. |
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| Nomenclature and Basic Information |
Species name : |
Datura stramonium L.
Published in L., Sp. Pl. 179 (1753) (D. tatula L.) | Synonyms :
(basionym or principal syn.) |
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Plant Family : | Solanaceae
Juss. (The Potato Family)
18 species from the Solanaceae family are recorded from the Maltese Islands. | English name(s) : | Common Thorn Apple, Apple of Peru, Devil's Trumpet | Maltese name(s) : | Maltese name not known | Status for Malta : | Casual or accidental alien species introduced in Malta rather recently and which is short-lived or resticted in small populations for a short time without becoming widespread. | Frequency : | Data not available - casual in the wild as a garden/field escape | Growth form : |
Raunkiaer lifeform [info]: THEROPHYTE (annuals)
Germination [info]: Dicotyledon | Legal Protection [link]: | Not Protected by Law (LN200/2011 or LN311/2006) | Red List (1989) : | Not listed in the Red Data Book of the Maltese Islands | Flowering Time : | May-Dec | Colour of Flowers: | White |
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| Species Description and Distribution |
Habitat in Europe: |
Cultivated ground, waste places and other open habitats. |
Preferred habitat in Malta: |
Data will be available in the next update of this website. |
Botanical Description: |
Plant 50-200 cm, glabrous to puberulent. Leaves 5-18(-21) x 4-15 cm, ovate to elliptical, acute, cuneate to subcordate at base, sinuate-dentate to -lobed. Calyx 30-50 mm, angled; teeth (3-)5-10 mm, unequal. Corolla 5-10 cm, infundibuliform, white or purple. Capsule (2.5-)3.5-7 x (2-)3.5 cm, ovoid, erect, dehiscing regularly, densely covered with more or less equal, rather slender spines up to 15 mm, rarely smooth. |
Chromosome number: |
2n=24 |
Distributional range: |
Naturalized in most of Europe except the extreme north, but in some regions very irregular in its appearances. |
Native region outside Europe: |
(America.) |
Distributional map in Europe
and the Mediterranean region (2018):
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Occurrences in Europe.
(from Flora Europaea pre year 1993): |
Introduced in All except the Balaeric Islands, Faroe Islands, Finland, Ireland, Iceland, Russia and former USSR, Svalbard archipelago |
Occurrences in Europe and the Mediterranean region.
(Euro+Med Checklist, 2017) -
Country codes |
[AE(G) Ag Al Ar Au(A) Az nAz(C F G J L M P S T) Be Bl(I M) nBl(N) Br Bu By Ca(C F G H L P T) Cg nCo Cr Cs Ct Cy Da nEg Es nGa Ga(F) Ge Gg Gr Hb(E) He Ho Hs nHs(S) Hu Ir It Jo La Li nLS Lt nLu Ma Md(M P) Mo No Po Rf(C E K NW S) Rm Sa Si(S) Sk Sl Sn Sr Su Tn Tu(A E) Uk(K)] |
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