Herbario Virtual del Mediterráneo Occidental
Àrea de Botànica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Datura inoxia Miller
Family : SOLANACEAE
Genus : Datura
Province distribution : Alicante. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castellón. Gerona. Lérida. Tarragona. Valencia.
Distribution in the islands : Mallorca.
General distribution : Neotropical
Flowering time : May. June. July. August. September. October. November.
Life-forms : Terophyte.
Habitat : Disturbed zones.
Uses and properties : Psycotrophic plant.
Characteristics : This Datura can be identified by its entire leaves with an asymmetric base. Flowers are white but larger than Datura stramonium, and its capsule is covered by small needle-like spiny emergences, which are much smaller and denser than the rest of the species of the genus. Can be found sporadically colonizing pathway borders, it is originally from the Americas. Flowers in the summer.
Status : Alien species.
