Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Datura stramonium L.

Origin: introduced

Scientific Synonyms: Datura stramonium L. var. tatula (L.) Torr., Datura tatula L.

Common names:

Angel's-trumpet-flower [Angel's trumpet flower] (1930) (106)

Apple-of-Peru [Apple of Peru] (1892-1929?) (6, 49, 69, 71, 157, 158)

Common stramonium (1898) (71)

Common thorn-apple [Common thorn apple] (1828-1913) (7, 80)

Datura (1917) (57)

Devil's-apple [Devil's apple] (1892-1929?) (5, 6, 62, 69, 71, 92, 156, 157, 158)

Devil's-trumpet [Devil's trumpet] (1900?-1923) (5, 69, 156, 158)

Dewtry (1900?-1923?, obsolete by 1923) (5, 69, 156, 158)

Doranapfel (1900?, German) (158)

Estramonio (1900?, Spanish) (1900?) (158)

Fireweed [Fire weed, Fire-weed] (1900?-1923, misapplied) (5, 69, 156, 158)

Gemeine Stechappel (1828, German) (7)

Green thorn-apple [Green thorn apple] (1840) (19)

James weed (1805) (18)

Jamestown weed [Jamestown-weed] (1870-1949) (5, 6, 49, 52, 53, 54, 59, 61, 69, 71, 92, 106, 109, 156, 157, 158)

Jamestown-lily [Jamestown lily] (1894-1913) (5, 69, 71, 75, 156, 158)

Jimpson seed (1876) (92)

Jimpson weed (1892-1911) (49, 73, 95)

Jimsonweed [Jimson weed, Jimson-weed] (1892-Present, corruption of Jamestown where presumably first introduced) (3, 4, 5, 6, 49, 50, 52, 53, 57, 59, 62, 63, 69, 71, 72, 73, 80, 85, 92, 97, 106, 109, 124, 125, 148, 156, 157)

Jimsonweed datura (1942) (155)

Mad-apple [Mad-apple] (1892-1923) (5, 6, 69, 71, 92, 156, 158)

Night-blooming cactus (1898, trade name) (71)

Pear-apple (1892) (6)

Peru apple [Peru-apple] (1913-1923) (5, 156)

Pomme épineuse (1900?, French) (158)

Pomme épineuse ou l'endormie (1892, French) (6)

Purple jimson (1912, IN) (62)

Purple jimsonweed [Purple jimson weed] (1897-1913) (80, 145)

Purple stramonium (1876-1913) (80, 92, 158)

Purple thorn-apple [Purple thorn apple, Purple thornapple] (1840-1923) (19, 62, 69, 72, 80, 156, 158)

Purple-stem jimsonweed [Purple-stemmed jimson weed] (1898) (71)

Sinkweed (1828-1898) (6, 7, 49)

Steckapfel (1892-1923, German) (6, 156)

Stink (1900?) (158)

Stink-apple (1929) (157)

Stinkweed [Stink-weed] (1898-1929?) (69, 71, 75, 156, 157, 158)

Stinkwort (1876-1904) (69, 71, 92)

Stramoine (1900?, French) (158)

Stramoine vulgaire (1828, French) (7)

Stramonium (1805-1923) (5, 18, 52, 53, 55, 59, 60, 92, 156, 158)

Stramonium (Official Name of Materia Medica) (1828) (7)

Stramony (1892) (6)

Thorn-apple [Thorn apple, Thornapple] (1770-1936) (5 6, 14, 41, 49, 53, 57, 60, 62, 63, 69, 71, 92, 93, 156, 157, 158)

Toloache (1900?, Spanish) (158)

White jimsonweed [White jimson weed] (1897, KS) (145)

White-man's-plant [White man's plant] (1828-1898, by Indians) (7, 71)

Wild datura (1930) (106)