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Datura inoxia I'm guessing this is some sort of Morning Glory since it is always wrapped up, like the one on the right and then opens up to this magnificent white flower. Datura inoxia,Flowers,Plants Click/tap to enlarge Species intro

Datura inoxia

I'm guessing this is some sort of Morning Glory since it is always wrapped up, like the one on the right and then opens up to this magnificent white flower.

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  1. Very nice representative shot. It includes everything - leaves, flowers, fruits. Easy to identify :) It's not a Morning Glory (family Convolvulaceae) though. Although the trumpet shaped flowers look kind of similar, this one is from the family Solanaceae. They are known as Thorn Apples, Angel's Trumpets or Moonflowers. Posted 12 years ago, modified 12 years ago

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''Datura innoxia'' , known as pricklyburr, recurved thorn-apple, downy thorn-apple, Indian-apple, lovache, moonflower, nacazcul, toloatzin, toloaxihuitl, tolguache or toloache, is a species of flowering plant in the family Solanaceae. It is more rarely called sacred datura, a common name which is applied more often to the closely related ''Datura wrightii''. It is native to the Southwestern United States, Central and South America, and introduced in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. The scientific.. more

Similar species: Solanales
Species identified by WildFlower
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By Deborah Morris

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Uploaded Oct 10, 2012. Captured Sep 28, 2012 08:43.
  • NIKON D3000
  • f/4.2
  • 10/1250s
  • ISO100
  • 62mm