General:
Annual herb from a fibrous root; stems erect, solitary, branched, smooth, 50-150 cm tall.
Leaves:
Basal leaves lacking; stem leaves egg-shaped, irregularly toothed or angled, shallowly lobed, 5-20 cm long, 4-15 cm wide.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of terminal, single flowers; corollas white, tubular, the tubes 6-10 cm long, the limbs 3-5 cm tall, shallowly lobed with projecting teeth up to 1 cm long; calyces 3.5-5 cm long, shortly 5-lobed.
Fruits:
Capsules, dry, dehiscent egg-shaped, 3-5 cm long, densely prickly; seeds poisonous.
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Datura stramonium var. tatula (L.) Torr.
Datura tatula L.