Species Detail Forb

Flower S. End Willow Lake - Sue Smith		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Datura wrightii - sacred thorn-apple Synonyms: Datura inoxia, Datura metel, Datura meteloides Other Common Names: sacred datura, Jimson weed, angel's trumpet, devil's weed Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Solanaceae
Flower S. End Willow Lake - Sue Smith


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Annual or perennial
General Desc: Sprawling mounded plant with large gray-green leaves and large rank-smelling large white flowers.
Identification notes: Tall plant with a spreading habit, large ovate gray-green leaves and large white funnel-shaped flowers with 5 teeth and spiky round fruits with spines.
Height: To 4 feet

Habitat

Habitat Description: Dry washes and roadsides in deserts, creosote brush, sagebrush and uplands.
Plant Communities: Desert Scrub, Interior Chaparral, Semidesert Grasslands, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Disturbed Areas
Elevation: 1000 - 6500 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: White to pale bluish-purple Shape: Regular not in clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Apr - Nov
Description: Trumpet-shaped rank smelling white flowers to 8 inches long with 5 large fused petals sometimes tinged with violet (bluish-purple) and a tendril-like tip at the middle edge of each petal. The flowers open late in the day and close in the morning.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Grayish-green Leaf Type: Simple Leaf Shape: Triangular Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Arrow-shaped velvety leaves are to 6 inches long and have prominent veins. The margins are wavy.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green to brown
Fruit Type: Capsule
Fruit Notes: Round, spiny capsules are up to 2 inches wide.
Seed Notes: Capsules contain many brown to red-brown seeds.


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