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Each value Trefle shows for Datura stramonium, with what every source says about it. When sources disagree, the strongest source is shown (how sources are ranked). Values imported before sources were recorded one by one are marked Source not recorded.

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Sourced15 Differs from sources2 Source not recorded9 Not on the record9 Sources: TRY Plant Trait Database, Earlier Trefle data

Field	Shown	What the sources say
Core
Author	L.	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Bibliography	Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753)	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phylum	Tracheophyta	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Rank	species	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Status	accepted	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Year	1753	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Descriptive
Common name	Thorn-apple	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Observations	Texas to C. America, Caribbean	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Morphology
Average height	35 cm	35 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 24 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 429, 500, 564	Sourced
Biological type	therophyte	therophyte · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 17 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 164, 174, 175, 178, 350, 500, 918	Sourced
Flower color	white	purple, white · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350, 882	Differs from sources
Foliage texture	empty	medium · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Fruit shape	capsule	capsule · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 7 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 350, 882	Sourced
Growth habit	Forb/herb, Subshrub	Forb/herb, Subshrub · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Inflorescence type	empty	solitary · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 350	Not on the record
Maximum height	120 cm	120 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 25, 28, 116, 164, 174, 178, 251, 429, 500, 564	Sourced
Sexuality	empty	hermaphrodite · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4	Not on the record
Vegetable	false	No source recorded	Source not recorded
Phenology
Bloom months	jul, aug, sep, oct	jun, jul · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-20 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 163, 174 1 earlier or rejected value Superseded feb, jun · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 8 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 163, 174	Differs from sources
Duration	annual	annual · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 25 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 4, 25, 71, 110, 164, 175, 178, 460, 818, 882, 918	Sourced
Fruit months	empty	jan, feb, mar, apr, may, dec · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 882	Not on the record
Ecology
Atmospheric humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity	5 / 9 · medium air humidity · Earlier Trefle data · Reported · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded	Sourced
Ground humidity	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous)	4 / 12 · moderately dry (meso-xerophilous) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Light	8 / 9 · light	8 / 9 · light · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Nitrogen fixation	None	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 9 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 20, 57, 71, 89, 110, 444, 445, 822	Sourced
Ph maximum	pH 7.5	pH 7.5 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Ph minimum	pH 7	pH 7 · Earlier Trefle data · Inferred · 2026-10-19 value present before provenance tracking (2022 import), no source recorded derived from a Baseflor soil reaction class by the 2022 import, a class not a measurement	Sourced
Soil nutriments	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic)	8 / 9 · very rich (pereutrophic) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Soil salinity	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline)	1 / 9 · barely saline (hyperoligohaline) · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Sourced
Cultivation
Minimum root depth	67 cm	67 cm · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 2 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 818	Sourced
Usda legacy
C n ratio	empty	6.6 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 1 observation · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 412	Not on the record
Other
Propagation method	—	seed · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Shade tolerance	—	None · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 18 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 174	Not on the record
Soil ph indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 3 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 178, 489	Not on the record
Temperature indicator	—	7 · TRY Plant Trait Database · Measured · 4 observations · 2026-10-09 TRY 7.0 datasets 242, 489	Not on the record

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