Datura discolor, also called the desert thorn-apple, is an herbaceous annual plant native to the Sonoran Desert of western North America, where it grows in sandy soils and washes. All parts of the plant contain a mix of alkaloids that are potentially lethal when enough is ingested.
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Is it poisonous?
Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Tropane alkaloids in all parts; seeds and flowers most concentrated Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Datura innoxia — toxic
- Datura ferox — toxic
- Datura quercifolia — toxic
- Datura metel — toxic
- Datura wrightii — toxic
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Solanales
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Datura
- Species
- Datura discolor
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