Datura innoxia Mill.
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Datura innoxia

Family: SOLANACEAE
Genus: Datura
Species: innoxia Mill.
Common names: Moon Flower, Downy Thorn Apple
Distribution summary: S.C. U.S.A to South America
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H2 - Tender; cool or frost-free greenhouse
Habitat: Frequently on sandy soils
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Horseshoe parterre by William Harvey house (G), Glasshouse (GLASSHOUSE)
Flowering months: July, August, September, October
Reason for growing: Medicinal, toxic

Additional Notes

Annual or perennial. Prefers full sun to partial shade and fast-draining soil. Sow seed barely under the surface, tamp well, keep warm and light, water sparingly. Seed often germinates in dry soil a few days after watering. Slow, spotty germination is common. Transplant to 2 feet apart.

Horizon Herbs seed packet 2014

Restricted prescription only medicine: hyoscine

All members of this genus contain narcotics and are very poisonous, even in small doses

Plants for a future https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Datura+inoxia

It differs from other Datura species in that the veins that arise from the midrib of the leaf, anastomose at the leaf edge. Other Datura have no such anastomoses (HFO)

Northern America, South-Central U.S.A.

Northern America, Mexico, Mexico Northeast

Northern America, Mexico, Mexico Northwest

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