| Description | A Datura with a purple-white bi-color flowers, purple stems and seed pods. A warning that all parts of this plant are poisonous. |
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| Pronunciation | (da-TUR-a) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Annuals |
| Hardiness Zone | 9-11 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Temperature | grows best in warmer weather, avoid planting to early, zone #5 around Memorial Day week end or later |
| Flowers | large, upward facing, white/purple flowers, flowers start as a tightly wrapped tubular calyx |
| Fruit | seeds are produces in spiked ball shaped seed pods |
| Dimensions | up to 3 feet |
| Maintenance | deadhead and remove seed pods to prevent reseeding, flowers die into a mussy mass |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Species native to South China. |
| Misc Facts | All parts are poisonous and some have hallucinogenic properties. Contains scopolamine, a dangerous drug used as a sedative and also an alkaloid called hyoscycamine. |
| Notes & Reference | #51-Armitage's Manual of Annuals, Biennials, and Half-Hardy Perennials (Alan Arimitage), #109-Annuals and Tender Perennials for North American Gardens (Wayne Winterroud) |
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