Taxonomic tree
Kingdom Plantae 2414 Phylum Tracheophyta 2407 Subphylum Angiospermae 2272 Class Magnoliopsida 1790 Order Solanales 43 Family Solanaceae 15 Subfamily Solanoideae 10 Tribe Datureae 1 Genus Datura 1
Datura metel
Introduced
Datura metel L. Species
Fireweed
Introduced shrub species. Cultivated only.
Other common names
Hindu Datura en, Hindu Thorn-apple en, Jimsonweed en, Downy Thorn-apple en, Entire-leaved Thorn-apple en, Hoary Thorn-apple en, Horn-of-plenty en, Metel en, Purple Thorn-apple en, Yang Jin Hua zh, Prickly Burr en, Metel Devil's Trumpet en.
Distribution
Afghanistan, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Caribbean Netherlands, Central African Republic, China, Christmas Island, Colombia, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guinea, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Kiribati, Laos, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Martinique, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Reunion, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, The Gambia, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam and Yemen.
Specimens & Observations 1 records
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BOS.00098914 ?
Observation
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Observed by
Ong Kwan Han
Identified by
Ong Kwan Han
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