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Toluaca
Datura wrightii
  
16 Nurseries Carry This Plant

About Toluaca (Datura wrightii) 16 Nurseries Carry This Plant Datura wrightii or Sacred Datura is the name of a poisonous perennial plant and ornamental flower of southwestern North America. It is sometimes used as a hallucinogen. Datura wrightii is classified as a deliriant and an anticholinergic. It is a vigorous herbaceous perennial that grows 30 centimeter to 1.5 meter tall and wide. The leaves are broad and rounded at the base, tapering to a point, often with wavy margins. The flowers are the most striking feature, being sweetly fragrant white trumpets up to 20 centimeter (8 inches) long, often tinted purple, especially at the margin or in the throat. There are five narrow points spaced symmetrically around the rim. It can bloom from April to October. The fruit is spiny and conspicuous. In clear weather, flowers open at nearly full dark and wither a few hours after sunrise the following morning; in cloudy weather or in part shade, they may open earlier and last longer. A closely related species, Datura discolor, is limited to the Colorado desert and is very similar in appearance
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
1 - 5 ft tall
6 ft wide

Form
Form
Mounding, Spreading

Growth Rate
Growth Rate
Fast

Fragrance
Fragrance
Fragrant - Pleasant

Flower Color
Flower Color
Purple, White

Flowering Season
Flowering Season
Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall

Wildlife Supported
 
Primarily insects, including sphinx moths and various beetles

 
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 1 confirmed , 7 likely * ) SHOW ALL
Manduca sexta Image
Carolina Sphinx Manduca sextaManduca sexta
*
Hyles lineata Image
White-lined Sphinx Hyles lineataHyles lineata
*
Helicoverpa zea Image
Corn Earworm Moth Helicoverpa zeaHelicoverpa zea
*
Emmelina monodactyla Image
Morning-glory Plume Moth Emmelina monodactylaEmmelina monodactyla
*
Chloridea virescens Image
Tobacco Budworm Moth Chloridea virescensChloridea virescens
*
Spodoptera ornithogalli Image
Yellowstriped Armyworm Moth Spodoptera ornithogalliSpodoptera ornithogalli
*
Manduca quinquemaculata Image
Five-spotted Hawkmoth Manduca quinquemaculataManduca quinquemaculata

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Part Shade, Full Sun

Moisture
Moisture
Low

Summer Irrigation
Summer Irrigation
Max 1x / month once established

Nurseries
Nurseries
Carried by 16

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Soil Drainage
Soil Drainage
Fast, Medium

Soil Description
Soil Description
Adaptable but prefers coarse well drained soil

Common uses
Common uses
Groundcovers, Deer Resistant

Companion Plants
Companion Plants
Because Western Jimsonweed is occurs in so many parts of the southwest, it may be accompanied by any number of plants from the above habitats.

Propagation
Propagation?
Use caution if attempting to propagate this plant from seeds because the toxin is concentrated in the seeds. Use caution in handling or storing seeds for fruits, and especially keep away from children or pets.  For propagating by seed: No treatment. (Everett 1957).

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
7*, 8*, 9*, 10*, 11, 12, 13, 14*, 15*, 16*, 17*, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22*, 23*, 24*

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Sandy or gravelly open places, often disturbed places such as the edges of trails and road shoulders

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 3.0" - 63.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.14" - 3.08", Coldest Month: 34.5" - 63.3", Hottest Month: 61.2" - 89.1", Humidity: 0.68" - 40.59", Elevation: -94" - 6907"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Sacred Datura, Sacred Thorn-apple, Sacred Thornapple


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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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