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Datura stramonium

L.
Tracheophyta » Solanales » Solanaceae » Datura stramonium
Common name (English)
Jimson weed
Common name (Greek)
Ζορνές; τάτουλα
Ηabitat
I1 Arable
I2 Parks
X10 Mixed landscapes
X11 Large parks
X24 Domestic gardens (urban)
X25 Domestic gardens (rural)
Global distribution

Mexico (Aguascalientes, Baja California Sur, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Colima, Ciudad de Mexico, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacan, Morelos, Nayarit, Nuevo Leon, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Zacatecas), Costa Rica (I), Galapagos Isl. (I), Jamaica (I), Peru (I), Puerto Rico (I), Belize (I), Nicaragua (I), Bahamas (I), Turks & Caicos Isl. (I), Cuba (I), Panama (I), Bonaire (I), Galapagos Isl. (I), Chile (I), French Guiana?(I), Ecuador (I), Juan Fdz. Isl. (I), Bolivia (I), Brazil (I), Venezuela (I), Chile (I), Argentina (I) (Cordoba (I), Corrientes (I), Entre Rios (I), Neuquen (I), Rio Negro (I), Santiago del Estero (I), Santa Fe Prov. (I)), Haiti (I), Dominican Republic (I), Lesser Antilles (I) (Anguilla (I), St. Barts (I), Antigua (I), St. Kitts (I), Montserrat (I), Guadeloupe (I), Martinique (I), St. Vincent (I), Barbados (I)), Virgin Isl. (I), Colombia (I), Trinidad & Tobago (I), USA (I) (Alabama (I), Arkansas (I), Arizona (I), California (I), Colorado (I), Connecticut (I), District of Columbia (I), Delaware (I), Florida (I), Georgia (I), Iowa (I), Idaho (I), Illinois (I), Indiana (I), Kansas (I), Kentucky (I), Louisiana (I), Massachusetts (I), Maryland (I), Maine (I), Michigan (I), Minnesota (I), Missouri (I), Mississippi (I), Montana (I), North Carolina (I), North Dakota (I), Nebraska (I), New Hampshire (I), New Jersey (I), New Mexico (I), Nevada (I), New York (I), Ohio (I), Oklahoma (I), Oregon (I), Pennsylvania (I), Rhode Island (I), South Carolina (I), South Dakota (I), Tennessee (I), Texas (I), Utah (I), Virginia (I), Vermont (I), Washington State (I), Wisconsin (I), West Virginia (I)), Canada (I) (Alberta (I), British Columbia (I), Manitoba (I), New Brunswick (I), Nova Scotia (I), Ontario (I), Prince Edward Isl. (I), Quebec (I), Saskatchewan (I)), Albania (I), Austria (I), Belgium (I), England (I), Bulgaria (I), Corsica (I), Crete (I), Czech Republic (I), Slovakia (I), Denmark (I), France (I), Germany (I), Greece (I), Switzerland (I), Netherlands (I), Spain (I), Gibraltar (I), Hungary (I), Italy (I), Serbia & Kosovo (I), Montenegro (I), Macedonia (I), Bosnia & Hercegovina (I), Slovenia (I), Croatia (I), Portugal (I), Malta (I), Norway (I), Poland (I), Romania (I), Sardinia (I), Sicily (I), Scandinavia (I), Sweden (I), European Turkey (I), Estonia (I), Latvia (I), Lithuania (I), Belarus (I), European Russia (I), Crimea (I), Ukraine (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Georgia [Caucasus] (I), Siberia (I) (W-Siberia (I)), Taiwan (I), China (I), European Russia (I), Northern Caucasus (I), Armenia (I), Russian Far East (I), Kyrgyzstan (I), Uzbekistan (I), Tajikistan (I), Kazakhstan (I), Turkmenistan (I), Japan (I), Korea (I), NW-India (I), Bhutan (I), Darjeeling (I), Java (I), Nepal (I), Pakistan (I), Pakistani Kashmir (I), Jammu & Kashmir (I), Nicobars (I) (Central Nicobars (I), Great Nicobar Isl. (I), Little Nicobar Isl. (I)), Myanmar [Burma] (I), Sri Lanka (I), Laos (I), Thailand (I), Australia (I) (Western Australia (I), South Australia (I), Queensland (I), New South Wales (I), Victoria (I), Tasmania (I)), Ethiopia (I), South Africa (I) (widespread), Angola (I), Uganda (I), Kenya (I), Tanzania (I), Zambia (I), Zimbabwe (I), Malawi (I), Mozambique (I), Namibia (I), Swaziland (I), Lesotho (I), Madagascar (I), Seychelles (I), Mauritius (I), La Runion (I), Ghana (I), Guinea (I), Congo (Brazzaville) (I), Benin (I), Togo (I), Nigeria (I), Sudan (I), South Sudan (I), Ivory Coast (I), Mali (I), Mauritania (I), Central African Republic (I), Chad (I), Turkey (I) (E-Anatolia (I), Inner Anatolia (I), N-Anatolia (I), NE-Anatolia (I), SE-Anatolia (I), SSW-Anatolia (I), W-Anatolia (I), WN-Anatolia (I)), Cyprus (I) (C-Mountains (I), E-Cyprus (I), N-Cyprus (I)), East Aegaean Isl. (I), Rhodos (I), Egypt (I) (Nile Delta (I), Nile Valley (I), NW-coastal Egypt (I)), Iran (I) (E-Iran (I), NE-Iran: Mts. (I), N-Iran (I), Iranian Aserbaijan (I), W-Iran (I)), Iraq (I) (NW-Iraq (I)), Israel (I) (Rift Valley (I), N-Israel (I)), Lebanon (I) (Antilebanon (I), C-Lebanon (I), coastal W-Lebanon (I)), Saudi Arabia (I) (C-Saudi Arabia (I), NE-Saudi Arabia (I), N-Saudi Arabia (I), Nafud Desert (I), Hejaz (I), Asir (I), Nejd Desert (I)), Syria (I) (coastal W-Syria (I)), Yemen (I) (N-Inner Yemen (I), SW-Yemen (I), Tihama (I), W-Yemen (I)), Afghanistan (I), Azores (I) (Santa Maria Isl. (I), Sao Miguel Isl. (I), Terceira (I), Graciosa (I), Sao Jorge (I), Pico (I), Faial (I), Corvo Isl. (I)), Madeira (I) (Madeira Isl. (I), Porto Santo Isl. (I)), Canary Isl. (I) (Fuerteventura (I), Gran Canaria (I), Tenerife (I), La Gomera (I), La Palma Isl. (I)), Cape Verde Isl. (I) (Santo Antao Isl. (I), Ilha de Sao Nicolau (I), Sal Isl. (I), Ilha da Boa Vista (I), Ilha de Maio (I), Ilha de Sao Tiago (I), Fogo Isl. (I), Ilha Brava (I)), Mauritania (I), Morocco (I), Algeria (I), Tunisia (I), Libya (I), New Caledonia (I), Lord Howe Isl. (I), Fiji (I), Norfolk Isl. (I), Tonga (I) (Vavau (I)), Hawaii (I) (Kauai (I), Oahu (I), Molokai (I), Maui (I), Hawaii Isl. (I)) 100771 0

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Habitat detail

Based on Georgiades (1995).

Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien: Naturalized non-invasive. Waste ground, field margins, roadsides and sometimes on sandy spits by streams & rivers; sea-level to 4000' - scattered sites listed, including Kilani and Khalassa in Division 3.

First detection year
1879
Impacts
Positive

Mentioned as a medicinal plant used against asthma (Georgiades 1995).

Pathway
2 ESCAPE FROM CONFINEMENT - Ornamental other than horticulture – Orn
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Contaminant on animals (except parasites) – Con Anim
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Seed contaminant – Seed
3 TRANSPORT CONTAMINANT - Transportation of habitat material – THM
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Machinery/equipment – Mach
Pathway detail

CBD pathways per EASIN (2023).

References

Meikle RD (1985) Flora of Cyprus, Vol. 2.

Georgiades C (1995) Η επιγενής χλωρίδα της Κύπρου. Ταξινομική, χλωριδικά, φυτογεωγραφική, οικοφυσιολογική μελέτη. [The adventive flora of Cyprus, taxonomic, floristic, phytogeographic, ecophysiological study]. Ph.D. Thesis, Athens University.

EASIN (2023) European Commission Joint Research Centre: European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN). https://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu/

"UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology"
Joint Service Health Unit
University of Cyprus - Department of Biological Sciences
Darwin Initiative
Akrotiri Environment

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