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Possible Datura? - Solanaceae Member

Palmarum

By Palmarum
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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Palmarum Grand Master

Palmarum

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While wandering around Mounts Botanical Garden I came across this interesting, low, shrubby ground cover. All the tags present belonged to other plants nearby and I didn't see any form of identification. It was a collection of smaller plants, with a few growing larger, scrambling over the rocks. The larger plants seemed to be in different stages of blooming, with numerous buds to open flowers. The flowers were mostly pure white, with one or two flowers showing a hint of purple near the outer petal edges. Has anyone been growing this plant?

It is definitely a member of Solanaceae and seems to be a Datura sp., possibly Datura wrightii, but not sure. I will need to look for it at plant sales as it could make a landscape area fill plant, tall ground cover or short flowering shrub.

- The entire colony, growing in the full sun and xeriscape section near the front part of the garden.

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- Smaller plants and low-growing sections of the larger plants. Ignore that periwinkle flower on the right.

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- A pair of fully opened flowers, blooming very close to the ground.

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- Large, showy, trumpet-shaped flower.

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Ryan

 

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The Silent Seed Grand Master

The Silent Seed

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They are Datura. 

All of them. They re-seed and spread fairly aggressively even up North. Not sure on exact species, but most are D. inoxia. I love them. 

If they are new to Mounts, they are there to stay :)

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DoomsDave Grand Master

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They call them Loco Weed, because if you eat them, you go loco.

Seeds especially, though I have no direct experience.

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_Keith Grand Master

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  On 3/26/2016 at 3:22 AM, DoomsDave said:

They call them Loco Weed, because if you eat them, you go loco.

Seeds especially, though I have no direct experience.

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Ooooh, send me seeds.

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DoomsDave Grand Master

DoomsDave

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Seriously?

For horticultural purposes only, of course!

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BigFrond Mentor

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This is datura wrightii also known as (jimson weed).  It is poisonous, all parts.  It grows naturally here in SoCal. It can have a hint of pink in the flower.  The seed is the most potent like Doom pointed out.  There is also the purple variety with dark purple flowers and leaves. These are more poisonous than the trumpet flower sold at the nusery.

Mandrew968 Grand Master

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Purple variety sounds nicer. Thanks for the info...

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