Datura wrightii (Sacred Datura, Jimsonweed)

 5/20/00 Gabrielino Trail, JPL to Oakwilde, Arroyo Seco, 

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

4/27/03 Gabrielino Trail, JPL to Oakwilde, Arroyo Seco, 

San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, CA

 

5/21/17 Off Hwy. 76 at Lake Henshaw, San Diego County, CA 

5/21/17 Off Hwy. 76 at Lake Henshaw, San Diego County, CA 

7/27/97 Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA 

 4/4/04 Box Canyon Road, Mecca Hills, Riverside County, CA 

7/28/15 Mission La Purisima Concepcion, Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Sacred Datura, Jimsonweed

SPECIES: Datura wrightii

FAMILY: Solanaceae (Nightshade Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/27/1997

LOCATION: Big Morongo Canyon Preserve, San Bernardino County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Annual or perennial herb, 5--15 dm. 

Stem: white-puberulent. 

Leaf: 7--20 cm, ovate, entire or coarsely lobed. 

Flower: erect to nodding; calyx 8--12 cm, ribbed at least toward base, lobes +- 2 cm; corolla 15--20 cm, puberulent, white, lobes 1--2 cm, tips long, narrow; filaments 13--15 cm, anthers 12--15 mm; style 15--18 cm. 

Fruit: irregular-valved, nodding, 25--30 mm wide, puberulent; prickles 5--12 mm. 

Seed: 5 mm, flat, tan; margin grooved. 

Ecology: Sandy or gravelly open areas; 

Elevation: < 2200 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NCoRI, c&s SNF, Teh, GV, CW, SW, D; 

Distribution Outside California: to Utah, Texas, Mexico. 

Flowering Time: Apr--Oct 

Note: Cult for showy flowers; may have been introduced by early Spanish; possibly conspecific with Datura inoxia Mill. 

Synonyms: Datura meteloides A.DC.; 

eFlora Treatment Author: Michael H. Nee