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Encyclopedia > Datura wrightii
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Sacred Datura
 Sacred Datura
Sacred Datura blooms only
at dusk and dawn
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Datura
Species: wrightii
Binomial name
Datura wrightii
Regel

Datura wrightii is the name of a poisonous weed, sometimes used as a hallucinogen, commonly called Sacred Datura. Datura wrightii is classified as a deliriant, or an anticholinergic. Sacred Datura, probably D. wrightii Taken by Elf | Talk, Sept 9, 1990, Zion National Park File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Hepatophyta - liverworts Anthocerophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms or Magnoliophyta) are one of the major groups of modern plants, comprising those that produce seeds in specialized reproductive organs called flowers, where the ovulary or carpel is enclosed. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families at least the following: Solanaceae Convolvulaceae and others, varying between classification systems; for details see text The Solanales are an order of flowering plants, included in the asterid group of dicotyledons. ... Genera Acnistus Atropa (deadly nightshade) Brugmansia (angels trumpet) Calibrachoa Capsicum (chile peppers) Datura (jimsonweed) Hyoscyamus (henbane) Iochroma Lycium (boxthorn) Lycopersicon (tomato) Mandragora (mandrake) Nicandra Nicotiana (tobacco) Petunia Physalis (tomatillo) Solandra Solanum (potato, eggplant) Streptosolen For more genera see Solanaceae in The Families of Flowering Plants Wikispecies has information on... Species see text Datura is a genus of herb and shrub plants belonging to the Solanaceae. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature is a standard convention used for naming species. ... The skull and crossbones symbol traditionally used to label a poisonous substance. ... Dandelions, shown here in proliferation, are commonly thought of as weeds. ... Hallucinogenic drugs or hallucinogens are drugs that can alter sensory perceptions, elicit alternate states of consciousness, or cause hallucinations. ... Deliriants are a class of hallucinogens, used entheogenically throughout the world. ... An anticholinergic agent is a member of a class of pharmaceutical compounds which serve to reduce the effects mediated by acetylcholine in the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. ...


In the US it is, however, called Western Jimson Weed. Wikiquote has a collection of quotations by or about: United States Wikinews has news related to this article: United States United States government CIA World Factbook Entry for United States House. ...


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Backyard Gardener - Sacred Datura, December 5, 2001 (810 words)
Sacred datura (Datura wrightii) is a large, sprawling, native perennial that grows throughout the Verde Valley (and across Arizona between 1,000 and 7,000 feet elevation).
In the wild, sacred datura is found on well-drained, sandy soils in arroyos, washes, on roadsides, and other areas that have periodic disturbance.
Datura can be planted near a patio where the fragrance and moth activity can both be enjoyed on warm summer evenings.
KLRU: Central Texas Gardener > Trisha's Corner (467 words)
The plants used to be classified under one genus, Datura, but there are significant differences between the plants, so since 1970 they’ve been broken up into two different genera.
The Datura leaf tends to be kind of fuzzy and a little grey.
The Daturas tend to have more purplish stocks on them and are easy to grow from seed.
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