Stinkwort
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Stinkwort is the common name given to plants of several species:
- Datura stramoniumDatura stramoniumDatura stramonium, known by the common names Jimson weed, devil's trumpet, devil's weed, thorn apple, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, datura, pricklyburr, devil's cucumber, Hell's Bells, moonflower and, in South Africa, malpitte and mad seeds, is a common weed in the...
L. - Helleborus fœtidus L.
- Dittrichia graveolens (L.) W. Greuter, genus DittrichiaDittrichiaDittrichia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family. It was formed relatively recently by splitting genus Inula.-Species:This genus contains two species:*Dittrichia graveolens, stinkwort, sticky stinkweed...
(formerly Inula graveolens (L.) Desf, genus InulaInulaInula is a large genus of about 90 species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, native to Europe, Asia and Africa. The genus is thought by some to be paraphyletic, based on the study of the different phenolic compounds the various species have.They are mostly perennial herbs that vary...
), family AsteraceaeAsteraceaeThe Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...