Erowid Datura Vault : Identification Guide

Classification Key for the Genus Datura

Dr. Richard Sanders and Erowid.org

Datura stramonium

Plants are green, flowers white. Fruit spiny (or both smooth and spiny fruit on one plant). var. stramonium All fruit spiny. Form stramonium Smooth and spiny fruit on same plant. Form labilis Fruit not spiny. var. inermis	Plants with purple tinge, flowers violet. Fruit spiny. var. tatula Purplish coloring of plant weakly pronounced. Form tatula (or Datura tatula) Purplish coloring of plant strongly pronounced. Form bernhardii (or Datura bernhardii) Fruit not spiny. var. godronii
Photo by Dr. Richard Sanders	Datura stramonium var. tatula Datura stramonium var. tatula form tatula Datura stamonium var. tatula form bernhardii