Re: datura questions

Hey there,

>in that the taxonomy of this group can be confused.  I've never seen a good
>key for differentiating Datura meteloides, innoxia, quinquefolia, and
>wrightii.

There are at least a few folks who believe that D. innoxia = D. wrightii,
and I was under the impression that it was fairly well accepted now that D.
innoxia = D. metaloides.  But of course D. meteloides is not the same as D.
metel, so far as I've ever read.  

>In addition, I have a datura whose seeds I collected in El Salvador about
>10 years ago.  The flower are about the same size as D. stramonium, but
>they have a purple throat.  The stems are also purple, but the plant has
>reached a much larger size than the "normal" stramonium, reaching nearly 6
>ft tall, and a lower stem diameter of over 3 inches.  I have always thought
>that this plant might be D. stramonium 'Tatula'.

Fascinating.  The plant I've been calling D. stramonium 'tatula' has
purple, nearly black stems, and purple tinged flowers to look almost lilac.
 Other wise my plants match your description of the normal form of D.
stramonium.  Is the plant you speak of an indoor grown plant, greenhouse
plant, or does it attain this size from seed every year?  I've always
suspected the plants I grow would continue to increase in size if I over
wintered them, but due to space constrictions I let them die back in the
fall and restart them from seed again in the spring.  

If you get the notion to trade a few seeds from that plant, by all means
give me a holler.  I'll dig up something worth the trade.

Thanks for flying!
Glider, zone 5

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