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Also Known As devil’s snare • thorn apple • jimson weed • Datura stramonium

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White, trumpet-shaped Jimsonweed (Datura stramonium) flower blooming among jagged green leaves.
Jimson weed (Datura stramonium) with enlarged view of seeds.
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Albert Francis Blakeslee
American botanist

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