Thorn apple flowers and fruit (Datura stramonium). The fruit is lower centre. This plant is a member of the nightshade family. It contains poisonous a

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Thorn apple flowers and fruit (Datura stramonium). The fruit is lower centre. This plant is a member of the nightshade family. It contains poisonous alkaloids. Photographed in disturbed ground in Braunton Burrows, Devon, UK.

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