Datura innoxia |
Datura discolor |
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angel's-trumpet, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, pricklyburr |
desert thorn-apple, small datura |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, to 10 dm, roots tuberous. | Herbs annual or short-lived perennial, to 10 dm. |
Stems | usually villous-pubescent, sometimes glabrous. |
usually hairy, sometimes glabrous. |
Leaf | blades ovate, to 22 × 16 cm, margins entire or irregularly sinuate-dentate, surfaces villous to glabrescent, (trichomes spreading, often more dense along veins, sometimes glandular). |
blades ovate, to 18 × 16 cm, margins entire or dentate, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial surface glabrous. |
Flowers | calyx villous along veins, hairs spreading, tube cylindric, 5-toothed; corolla white, sometimes lavender- or purple-tinged, funnelform, 10–22 cm, sparsely hairy, glabrescent, acuminate lobes alternating with lobules of similar size. |
calyx hairy along veins, tube cylindric, 5-toothed; corolla white throat with purple ring, trumpet-shaped, 8–15 cm, acuminate lobes alternating with larger lobules. |
Capsules | pendent, irregularly dehiscent, pericarp fleshy, hairy, with prickles 10 mm; calyx remnant slightly accrescent. |
pendent, regularly dehiscing by 4 valves, pericarp dry, hairy, with prickles to 3.2 cm; calyx remnant accrescent (sometimes reflexed). |
Seeds | brown, 4–6 mm, convex marginal ridge present, testa smooth; caruncle present. |
black, 3–4.5 mm, convex marginal ridge absent, testa rugose; caruncle present. |
2n | = 24. |
= 24. |
Datura innoxia |
Datura discolor |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Oct. | Flowering Mar–Oct. |
Habitat | Streamsides, road and trail margins, waste places, desert shrublands, grasslands. | Streamsides, irrigation ditches, road and trail margins, waste places, desert shrublands, grasslands, pinyon-juniper-oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.) | 0–600(–1800) m. (0–2000(–5900) ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; CT; DC; FL; GA; IL; IN; KS; KY; MD; MI; MO; MS; NC; NJ; NM; NY; OH; OK; PA; SC; TN; TX; WI; WV; ON; QC; SK; Mexico; Central America; West Indies; n South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela) [Introduced nearly worldwide]
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AZ; CA; Mexico; Central America [Introduced nearly worldwide]
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Discussion | Datura innoxia is native to Texas and possibly New Mexico. Elsewhere in the flora area, it is widely introduced as an ornamental and, inadvertently, as a weed. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Outside of its typical flowering period, Datura discolor flowers sporadically after rains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 14. | FNA vol. 14. |
Parent taxa | Solanaceae > Datura | Solanaceae > Datura |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | D. meteloides | D. thomasii |
Name authority | Miller: Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Datura no. 5. (1768) — (as inoxia) | Bernhardi: Neues J. Pharm. Aerzte 26: 149. (1833): Linnaea 8: Litt. Ber. 138. (1833) |
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