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Thorn-apple

Datura stramonium

1,075Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan6
Feb1
Mar3
Apr11
May4
Jun23
Jul175
Aug344
Sep297
Oct137
Nov39
Dec8

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England53
2Norfolk England51
3Cambridgeshire England41
4Essex England35
5Worcestershire England34
6Lincolnshire England28
7Kent England26
8Devon England23
9Surrey England22
10Sefton England22
11Dorset England21
12Northamptonshire England19
13Cumbria England16
14York England15
15Nottinghamshire England13
402 England8 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,075
Peak month
August
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Datura stramonium
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
2,271
Most recorded in
Suffolk, Norfolk
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Datura
Name with authority
Datura stramonium L.
Contributing datasets
16

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q30959 · GBIF 2928751