Scientific Name:	Brugmansia spp.
Pronunciation:	brug-MAN-see-ah
Common Name:	angels' trumpets
Family Name:	Solanaceae
Plant Type:	Broadleaf evergreen, Flowering pot plant, Shrub - deciduous
Key ID Features:	Leaves alternate, margins entire or toothed, 10 - 20 (-30) cm long and 6–12 (-18) cm wide; flowers pendulous, trumpet-shaped, 15 - 30 (-50) cm long and 10-20 (-35) cm wide.
Course(s):	not used (off campus)

Habit: Spreading, Upright Form: Oval - horizontal Texture: Very coarse Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 1.5 - 2.0m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: South America (Brazil) Hardiness Rating: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 C) Exposure: Full sun Soil/ Growing Medium: Landscape Uses: Container planting (Caution: poisonous parts) Additional Info: Google. Most images are of B. suaveolens.

Leaf Morphology: Form: Simple Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Pinnate venation, Soft flexible Surfaces: Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Elliptic, Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Rounded Margins: Entire

Inflorescence Type: Flowers solitary Flower Morphology: Flowers perfect Number of Petals: 5 Corolla Shape: Funnelform Colour (petals): White, Pink, Yellow, Orange, Red Flower Scent: Fragrant Flower Time at Peak: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep

Fruit Type: Berry (true) Fruit Colour: Green Fruiting Time: Oct Additional Info: Fruit insignificant

Bark Morphology: Smooth, Multi-stem trunk Bark or Stem Colour: Brown, Green

Pest Susceptibility:	Mites, Whitefly or psyllids, Mealybugs

Location(s): Location Map

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