May 24, 2026
My New Book Is Here
I am pleased to report that The Peregrine Falcon from Schiffer Books -- the folks who did such a beautiful…
Deb Endresen asks:
What plant is this? My husband saw it on the golf course around the corner [in North Jersey].
a k a Jamestown weed, mad apple, devil’s trumpet, locoweed, stinkwort …It has toothed leaves, stems that are reddish-to-dark eggplant in color and lovely trumpet-shape white or lavender blossoms, as long as a finger, that open at dusk.
Datura stramonium – Jimsonweed or Thornapple
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Ginny
a k a Jamestown weed, mad apple, devil’s trumpet, locoweed, stinkwort …It has toothed leaves, stems that are reddish-to-dark eggplant in color and lovely trumpet-shape white or lavender blossoms, as long as a finger, that open at dusk.
Deedee Burnside
Datura stramonium – Jimsonweed or Thornapple