In 1676, British soldiers were sent to quell Bacon's Rebellion and were stationed in Jamestown. A plant later called "Jamestownweed" was boiled for inclusion in a salad which the soldiers ate.

August 5, 2017 - Jimsonweed is named for a case of human poisoning in Jamestown, Va., when soldiers were poisoned by eating the plant in a salad and then suffered delirium and hallucinations.” · With a little more probing I actually found an old historical ...

Jimsonweed is also called Jamestown weed for two reasons: for the town in Virginia where jimsonweed is believed to have been imported to the US from England; In 1676 a massive poisoning of soldiers (by eating the plant in salads) in Jamestown, VA occurred, giving rise to the common name "Jamestown ...

stramonium became known as jimson weed, named after Jamestown, Virginia, where the soldiers had been sent.

September 12, 2016 - “Jimsonweed,” it turns out, is a corruption of the name settlers gave it in the late 1600s: “Jamestown weed,” for the town where its dramatic effects were first witnessed by the new Americans.

June 9, 2017 - This being an early Plant, was gathered very young for a boiled Salad, by some of the Soldiers sent thither, to pacify the Troubles of Bacon; and some of them eat plentifully of it, the Effect of which was a very pleasant Comedy; for they turned ...

October 21, 2021 - Botanists now know that consumption of the Jimson Weed causes an intoxication that produces a kind of delirium where the effects have been reported of being similar to schizophrenia and dissociative disorder.

October 7, 2017 - The plant jimson weed has dangerous hallucinogenic effects. The weed takes its name from Jamestown, Virginia. In 1676, settlers there ingested the weed…

August 15, 2008 - The name comes from a case of human poisoning in 1676 in Jamestown, Va., when apparently, it looked good enough to eat, and the plant was boiled for a salad. The soldiers suffered delirium and hallucinations for 11 days.

* Two of the plant’s common names, “Jamestown weed” and “Jimsonweed” originated from an event that occurred in Jamestown, Virginia, where a group of British soldiers was intoxicated with this plant in 1676.

Children can be attracted by flowers and consume Jimsonweed accidentally. In small quantities, Jimsonweed can have medicinal or haulucinagenic properties, but poisoning readily occurs because of misuse. Ingestion of Jimsonweed caused the mass poisoning of soldiers in Jamestown, Virginia in 1676.

The genus name, Datura, means "white thorn-apple and is Sanskrit in origin. The common name, Jimsonweed, originated from the name "Jamestown weed." In Jamestown, Virginia, around the 1600's, some English soldiers ate some of the plant's leaves and became delirious.

April 28, 2020 - Note: The alternate name ‘Jimsonweed’ derives from ‘Jamestown weed’, the name given to a species of Datura boiled by soldiers during Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676 in Jamestown, Virginia.

January 8, 2024 - In 1676, a potion prepared from a weed that was used to pacify distressed soldiers of the Bacon Rebellion at Jamestown, Virginia brought on unexpected delusions and abnormal behavior.

October 13, 2024 - The plant - famed in cowboy songs ... which produce fever and delirium. The same weed poisoned many English soldiers at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1676 as they tried to suppress Bacon's Rebellion....

American English corrupt shortening of Jamestown-weed (1680s), from Jamestown, Virginia colony, where it was discovered by Europeans (1676), when British soldiers mistook it for an edible plant and subsequently hallucinated for 11 days.

May 22, 2025 - Jimsonweed has an interesting history; it was/is used in witchcraft or wicca. It has been used for hallucinogenic and medicinal purposes since ancient times. The Greek priests of Apollo used it to produce prophecies. In 38 BC Antony’s soldiers ate some of the plant while retreating and became ridiculously incoherent. The plant’s name is derived from a similar incident involving soldiers in Jamestown in 1676.

November 24, 2024 - Based upon a revised inter­pretation of ancient Latin and Greek texts, A. Touwaide (1998) argued that it was known in the Old World prior to the discovery of the New World in 1492. The delirious consequences of the British soldiers’ consumption of young leaves at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1676 led to the application of the common name of jimsonweed to D.

July 15, 2020 - Thereafter, the plant was known as "Jamestown weed" — a designation that in time became "jimson weed." By any name, it has a long and lethal history.

July 18, 2018 - Jimsonweed is a contraction of “Jamestown weed.” Its effects were first described in 1676 in Jamestown, Virginia. British troops sent to halt Bacon’s Rebellion inadvertently added the locally growing plant to salads.