Plants Profile for Datura wrightii (sacred thorn-apple)

General Information
Symbol:	DAWR2
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Solanaceae
Duration:	Annual Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb Subshrub
Native Status:	L48 N PR N VI I
Data Source and Documentation

	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Gary A. Monroe. United States, NV, Clark Co. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Kern Co., Sequoia National Forest. May 6, 2004. Usage Requirements.

©Gary A. Monroe. United States, CA, Kern Co., Sequoia National Forest. May 8, 2004. Usage Requirements.

©Mark W. Skinner. United States, AZ, Chiricahua Mountains. July 15, 1982. Usage Requirements.

©Al Schneider. Southwest Colorado Wildflowers. United States, CO, NM, AZ, UT, Four Corners vicinity, within 150 miles of the corners. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

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

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
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

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

Top Level Regions
Caribbean	UPL
Hawaii	UPL

North America
Arid West	UPL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	UPL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FACU
Great Plains	UPL
Midwest	FACU
Northcentral & Northeast	FACU
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	UPL