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Chinese thorn-apple, oak-leaf jimsonweed or thorn-apple

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

Habit Herbs annual, to 8 dm. Herbs perennial, to 10 dm, roots tuberous.
Stems

hairy, sometimes villous.

usually villous-pubescent, sometimes glabrous.

Leaf

blades elliptic to narrowly ovate, to 16 × 10 cm, margins usually pinnately lobed, sometimes sinuate-dentate, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial surface glabrescent.

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).

Flowers

calyx hairy along veins, tube cylindric, 5-toothed;

corolla whitish to purple, trumpet-shaped, 4–8 cm, acuminate lobes alternating with sinuses.

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.

Capsules

erect, dehiscent by 4 valves, pericarp dry, glabrous or hairy, with prickles unequal, proximals shorter than distals;

calyx remnant not accrescent.

pendent, irregularly dehiscent, pericarp fleshy, hairy, with prickles 10 mm;

calyx remnant slightly accrescent.

Seeds

black, 3–5 mm, convex marginal ridge absent, testa rugose;

caruncle absent.

brown, 4–6 mm, convex marginal ridge present, testa smooth;

caruncle present.

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Datura quercifolia

Datura innoxia

Phenology Flowering Jul–Oct. Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Gardens, cultivated fields, irriga­tion ditches, margins of roads and trails, waste places in various types of vegetation. Streamsides, road and trail margins, waste places, desert shrublands, grasslands.
Elevation 0–2200 m. (0–7200 ft.) 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
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AR; AZ; CA; GA; KS; LA; MA; MD; NC; NM; OK; OR; PA; SC; TX; Mexico
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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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Discussion

Datura quercifolia is native to the Chihuahuan Desert, where it hybridizes occasionally with introduced D. stramonium. In the flora area, it is native to Texas and possibly New Mexico. Its geographic range is expanding especially in agricultural habitats. Although recently documented in central California (former orange orchard in Riverside; 1984, 1996), it has not expanded its range in that state.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

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.)

Source FNA vol. 14. FNA vol. 14.
Parent taxa Solanaceae > Datura Solanaceae > Datura
Sibling taxa
D. ceratocaula, D. discolor, D. ferox, D. innoxia, D. metel, D. stramonium, D. wrightii
D. ceratocaula, D. discolor, D. ferox, D. metel, D. quercifolia, D. stramonium, D. wrightii
Synonyms D. meteloides
Name authority Kunth in A. von Humboldt et al.: Nov. Gen. Sp., 3(fol.): 6; 3(qto.): 7. (1818) Miller: Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Datura no. 5. (1768) — (as inoxia)
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