T-shirt winner: Dan Garguilo, Raleigh, NC

Common Name:
Downy Thorn Apple

Scientific Name:
Datura metel

Type: herbaceous annual

Size:

• 2-4' x 2-4'
• Habit: spreading

Flowers:

• (June-early September) Trumpet-shaped-white, yellow, double purple, other cultivars
• Blooms in the late evening through early morning
• Flowers last only about 12 hours

Culture: partial sun to full sun

Other:

• attracts butterflies and bees
• all parts of plant highly are poisonous if ingested