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

datura, devil's apple or weed, jimson-weed, thorn-apple

Habit Herbs perennial, to 12 dm, roots tuberous. Herbs annual, to 15 dm.
Stems

usually canescent, sometimes glabrescent.

sometimes purple, sparsely puberulent, glabrescent.

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 broadly ovate, to 22 × 12 cm, margins coarsely sinuate-dentate, surfaces glabrescent.

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 usually white, sometimes purplish, trumpet-shaped, (5–)6–11 cm, acuminate lobes alternating with sinuses.

Capsules

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

calyx remnant slightly accrescent.

erect, dehiscent by 4 valves, pericarp dry, glabrous or hairy, with prickles ± equal, to 15 mm;

calyx remnant not accrescent.

Seeds

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

caruncle present.

black, 3–4 mm, convex marginal ridge absent, testa rugose;

caruncle absent.

2n

= 24.

= 24.

Datura wrightii

Datura stramonium

Phenology Flowering Jun–Oct. Flowering summer.
Habitat Streamsides, irrigation ditches, road and trail margins, waste places, desert and desert-margin shrublands, grasslands. Gardens, cultivated fields, irri­gation ditches, pastures, road and trail margins, waste places.
Elevation 0–2100 m. (0–6900 ft.) 0–1800 m. (0–5900 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; AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; DE; FL; GA; IA; ID; IL; IN; KS; KY; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MS; MT; NC; ND; NE; NH; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; SD; TN; TX; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; AB; BC; NB; NS; ON; PE; QC; SK; Mexico [Introduced in North 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.)

Although a weed found throughout the world, Datura stramonium is probably native to central and southern Mexico and accompanied the expansion of Mesoamerican agriculture. Based upon a revised interpretation of ancient Latin and Greek texts, A. Touwaide (1998) argued that it was known in the Old World prior to the discovery of the New World in 1492. The delirious consequences of the British soldiers’ consumption of young leaves at Jamestown, Virginia, in 1676 led to the application of the common name of jimsonweed to D. stramonium (R. Beverley 1705).

(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. innoxia, D. metel, D. quercifolia, D. wrightii
Synonyms D. metel var. quinquecuspida D. stramonium var. tatula, D. tatula
Name authority Regel: Gartenflora 8: 193, plate 260. (1859) Linnaeus: Sp. Pl. 1: 179. (1753)
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