Sacred Datura
Datura wrightii
A sprawling mound that opens enormous, fragrant white trumpets at dusk for night-flying hawkmoths. Dramatic and easy, but every part is highly poisonous.
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 2–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–6 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- larval host, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AZ, CA, CO, KS, MA, MD, MI, MN, NC, NM, NV, NY, OK, PA, SC, TX, UT