Scientific Name: Datura innoxia
Common Name: pricklyburr, thorn apple
Family Name: Solanaceae
Origin: Central America
Hardiness Zone: Zone 9: (-7 to -1 °C)
Plant Type: Annual (grown as), Flowering pot plant, Herbaceous perennial
Mature Size: 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width)
Habit: Spreading
Form: Creeping / Mat-like
Texture: Coarse
Landscape Uses: Container planting, Indoor plant
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire
Flowers: White, Violet, Pink, Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Capsule, Green, Brown, Sep-Oct
Key ID Features:
Leaves alternate, ovate, 10-20cm long x 7-10cm wide, downy texture, margins entire and wavy; flowers funnelform15-18cm long x 8-10cm wide, each opening just once at night, highly fragrant; fruit downy and spiny,