Can anyone please identify this plant for me. I found it growing out from under an A.C. unit which is partly shaded. The flower is white and looks very much like a Morning Glory except the plant is not a vine and the flowers are 5" - 6" in diameter and stay open all the time. We are in south Texas. Thanks.
Not Morning Glory, Picture Sorry, I forgot to attach the picture on my prevoius post. This plant has white flowers 5" - 6" in diameter that look much like a morning glory except that this is not a vine and the flower do not close. Thanks again.
Hi Mary: I concur with Daniel. Check this URL below. Click on the Jimsonweed link if need be. You may know that plant better as locoweed. Either way I don't think you will be keeping this plant around long. Actually, it is the sap in the leaves that some people make a tea out of that can get them in serious trouble healthwise. http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/WEEDS/sacred_datura.html Jim
Thank you Yes you're right, my plant does seem to be a Datura wrightii. The only mystery is how it came to be growing where it is, I have lived in this area for 20 years and have never seen another. Thanks, Mary
Hi Mary: I learned the plant as being called Tolguacha years ago. Around here it will reside mainly on shaded areas on creek banks as the plant likes some afternoon shade. The plant grows like a melon will and produces a gourd for a fruit. The flowers are showy and nice and the fact that it is a poisonous plant is somewhat over blown but people have done crazy things with the leaves and they have paid a dear price on occasion for their behavior. For most homeowners the plant is not much of a problem but it will spread out like any watermelon, muskmelon or cantaloupe will. The Jimsonweed is pretty much the same way but with larger sized flowers and the juice from the leaves are far more toxic than the Tolguacha is. Jim