PLANTS Profile for Datura wrightii (sacred thorn-apple)

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PLANTS Profile

Datura wrightii Regel
sacred thorn-apple

Symbol:

DAWR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Solanaceae

Duration:

Annual
Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb
Subshrub

Native Status:

L48		N
PR		N
VI		I

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Jose Hernandez. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. France, Paris. Usage Requirements.

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Datura wrightii Regel

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Synonyms:
Datura wrightii Regel

	DAINQ	Datura inoxia Mill. ssp. quinquecuspida (Torr.) Barcl.
	DAMEQ	Datura metel L. var. quinquecuspida Torr.

Native Status:
Datura wrightii Regel


View Distribution	Native Introduced

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Datura wrightii Regel

View 42 genera in Solanaceae, 11 species in Datura

Classification:
Datura wrightii Regel

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Asteridae
Order	Solanales
Family	Solanaceae – Potato family
Genus	Datura L. – jimsonweed
Species	Datura wrightii Regel – sacred thorn-apple

Introduced Information:
Datura wrightii Regel

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Datura wrightii Regel

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 30521.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Related Web Sites:
Datura wrightii Regel

Arizona: abstract & image of Indianapple (Datura wrightii)

Time Generated: 05/19/2013 03:30 AM CDT