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angel's-trumpet, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, pricklyburr

desert thorn-apple, small datura

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

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
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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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from FNA
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
D. ceratocaula, D. discolor, D. ferox, D. metel, D. quercifolia, D. stramonium, D. wrightii
D. ceratocaula, D. ferox, D. innoxia, D. metel, D. quercifolia, D. stramonium, D. wrightii
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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