Species

FoPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/fortuna/2024/dec/24/#incident-997799">WELFARE CHECK &#8212; 1700 Block of BLUE JAY CT 8:02 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/dec/24/#incident-997820">DISTURBANCE &#8212; 1300 Block of SIXTH ST 7:47 p.m.
FoPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/fortuna/2024/dec/24/#incident-997798">SHOTS HEARD &#8212; 1700 Block of BLUE JAY CT 7:39 p.m.
HCSO: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/sheriff/2024/dec/24/#incident-997807">Traffic Stop &#8212; US HWY 101/HIGHWAY 101 ON RAMP 7:36 p.m.
FoPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/fortuna/2024/dec/24/#incident-997797">VERBAL ARGUMENT &#8212; 700 Block of S FORTUNA BLVD 7:34 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/dec/24/#incident-997812">KEEP THE PEACE &#8212; 1700 Block of FOURTH ST 7:14 p.m.
EPD: <a href="https://lostcoastoutpost.com/patrolled/eureka/2024/dec/24/#incident-997818">DISTURBANCE &#8212; 500 Block of N ST 7:04 p.m.

Datura stramonium (Jimsonweed)

Datura stramonium. Photo: (c) Ruth Krämer-Klink, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Datura stramonium, known by the English names jimsonweed or devil’s snare, is a plant in the nightshade family. It is believed to have originated in Mexico, but has now become naturalized in many other regions. Other common names for D. stramonium include thornapple and moon flower, and it has the Spanish name toloache. Other names for the plant include hell’s bells, devil’s trumpet, devil’s weed, tolguacha, Jamestown weed, stinkweed, locoweed, pricklyburr, devil’s cucumber and Thornapple….