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angel trumpet, angel's trumpet, jimson weed, sacred datura, sacred thorn-apple

desert thorn-apple, small datura

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

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