Datura

 

Datura ( ) (Toloache)

Solanaceae

  • (Datura meteloides) A perennial datura, this widespread jimsonweed has fragrant white trumpet flowers with a purple or lavender flush in the throat. Its nodding, apple-shaped capsules are spiny and open irregularly to drop their buff seeds. Daturas, which are visited by both hawk-moths and honeybees, have a long but irregular blooming season. This species is a deep-rooted drought tolerator that flowers after any substantial rain between April and November. A diminutive annual relative, Datura discolor, has a shorter blooming period and smaller range but is just as attractive. Both are poisonous. "Arizona Highways Presents Desert Wildflowers, 1988"
  • Direct sowing; seed in flats for transplanting/ No treatment needed/Time of planting: spring-summer. "Arizona Highways Presents Desert Wildflowers, 1988".

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