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Winter Blooming Sacred Datura Plant >><< Poisonous - Be Careful!!

Sacred Datura appears on page 106 of "A Naturalist's Guide To Sabino Canyon"

 

I had a sacred Datura plant in my yard. It bloomed for a number of years before it wwas killed by our prolonged hard frost two or three years ago.

 

The unfolding process of a Sacred Datura flower took about an hour, early in the morning. Each flower lasted only a few hours in the bright Tucson sun before it closed...

 

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Uploaded on February 8, 2014
Taken on February 5, 2014