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

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

Habit Herbs perennial, to 12 dm, roots tuberous. Herbs perennial, to 10 dm, roots tuberous.
Stems

usually canescent, sometimes glabrescent.

usually villous-pubescent, 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 22 × 16 cm, margins entire or irregularly sinuate-dentate, surfaces villous to glabrescent, (trichomes spreading, often more dense along veins, sometimes glandular).

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 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

pendent, irregularly dehiscent, pericarp fleshy, puberulent, with prickles usually less than 10 mm;

calyx remnant slightly accrescent.

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

calyx remnant slightly accrescent.

Seeds

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

caruncle present.

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

caruncle present.

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Datura wrightii

Datura innoxia

Phenology Flowering Jun–Oct. Flowering Jul–Oct.
Habitat Streamsides, irrigation ditches, road and trail margins, waste places, desert and desert-margin shrublands, grasslands. Streamsides, road and trail margins, waste places, desert shrublands, grasslands.
Elevation 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.) 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
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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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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 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.)

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. quercifolia, D. stramonium
D. ceratocaula, D. discolor, D. ferox, D. metel, D. quercifolia, D. stramonium, D. wrightii
Synonyms D. metel var. quinquecuspida D. meteloides
Name authority Regel: Gartenflora 8: 193, plate 260. (1859) Miller: Gard. Dict. ed. 8, Datura no. 5. (1768) — (as inoxia)
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