If you've heard of the Datura stramonium plant (it has many names, including the commonly used "jimson weed"), you've likely heard about its hallucinogenic effects, or, perhaps, how it may be used to ...

Q: I am very concerned about what I suspect to be a highly poisonous plant that has grown at alarming speed in our garden. My daughter, mother and I planted a variety of vegetables and have just begun ...

Overview: Jimson weed is a plant called Datura stramonium. All parts of the plant, including the leaves, stems, seeds, and flowers, contain toxic chemicals that can be poisonous when taken by mouth.

We have so many invasive plant species to contend with in the backyard — bittersweet, burning bush, Japanese barberry, wisteria, spurge, the list is endless. A number of these started out with just a ...

I have sent a leaf and cone of a plant growing in my garden this year. It has a lot of these cones and big leaves. I have no idea what it is, can you help? (Mrs B Prielis, Toftwood) The plant you have ...

Stories about Datura are heard since childhood. One can be hypnotised if you take or inhale Datura. Scopolamine is also present in Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium), a plant found in most of the Latin ...

Farm officials in Australia have identified the cause behind wave of psychological and physical side-effects suffered by people who consumed spinach. Almost 200 spinach eaters in four states across ...