Jimsonweed

Common: Jimsonweed

Scientific: Datura stramonium

Affected Crops: Corn, cotton, soybeans.

Identification: Large white to purplish trumpet shaped flowers, unpleasant odor from disturbed plants. The leaves are alternated large and unevenly toothed. In the seedling the hypocotyl has a prethickened spindle-shaped base, smooth often purple tinged. Cotyledon has a smooth upper surface.

Geographical Distribution: Found throughout United States with the exception of Upper Midwest states.

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