Datura quercifolia, commonly known as the oak-leaved thorn-apple and also the Chinese Thorn-Apple, is a small shrub in the genus Datura that is native to Mexico and the Southwestern United States. It grows equally well in dry and moist soils and requires full sun. It contains a mix of alkaloids that are poisonous and can be potentially lethal when ingested.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Tropane alkaloids in all parts; seeds and flowers most concentrated Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Datura ferox — toxic
- Datura discolor — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Datura
- Species
- Datura quercifolia
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