Datura wrightii |
Datura discolor |
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angel trumpet, angel's trumpet, jimson weed, sacred datura, sacred thorn-apple |
desert thorn-apple, small datura |
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Habit | Herbs perennial, to 12 dm, roots tuberous. | Herbs annual or short-lived perennial, to 10 dm. |
Stems | usually canescent, sometimes glabrescent. |
usually hairy, sometimes glabrous. |
Leaf | blades ovate, to 22 × 16 cm, margins entire or irregularly sinuate-dentate, abaxial surface canescent (especially along veins), hairs appressed or curved, sometimes glandular, adaxial surface puberulent to glabrescent. |
blades ovate, to 18 × 16 cm, margins entire or dentate, abaxial surface hairy, adaxial surface glabrous. |
Flowers | calyx canescent along veins, tube cylindric, 5-toothed; corolla white, sometimes tinged pale lavender, broadly funnelform, usually puberulent along veins, 14–26 cm, acuminate lobes alternating with smaller lobules. |
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, puberulent, with prickles usually less than 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 wrightii |
Datura discolor |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Oct. | Flowering Mar–Oct. |
Habitat | Streamsides, irrigation ditches, road and trail margins, waste places, desert and desert-margin shrublands, grasslands. | Streamsides, irrigation ditches, road and trail margins, waste places, desert shrublands, grasslands, pinyon-juniper-oak woodlands. |
Elevation | 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.) | 0–600(–1800) m. (0–2000(–5900) ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; AR; AZ; CA; CO; CT; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; NC; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TX; UT; VA; WA; WI; WV; WY; Mexico (Baja California, Chihuahua, Sonora) [Introduced nearly worldwide]
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AZ; CA; Mexico; Central America [Introduced nearly worldwide]
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Discussion | Datura wrightii has been introduced worldwide both as an ornamental and unintentionally. In the flora area, it is native in Texas and possibly New Mexico. The combination D. innoxia subsp. quinquecuspida (Torrey) A. S. Barclay is an invalidly published synonym of D. wrightii. (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 |
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Synonyms | D. metel var. quinquecuspida | D. thomasii |
Name authority | Regel: Gartenflora 8: 193, plate 260. (1859) | Bernhardi: Neues J. Pharm. Aerzte 26: 149. (1833): Linnaea 8: Litt. Ber. 138. (1833) |
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