Can someone tell me what type of plant, is this plant or weed?
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Ce Gadd
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This plant grows wild and it has large white flowers that come out, it also has prickly bulbs that come out. Does anyone know what this is? Should I cut it down or leave it?
Don't know what it is
14 answers
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Do you have a picture of the flower?
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 28, 2015
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Its a Moon Flower, every night they bloom and die in the morning... but each flower will grow a spikey seed pod that you can harvest in fall and plant in spring. I have a lot of them planted around my house and they smell lovely if you get close.
Dowdy
on Aug 28, 2015
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Is it a weed or flower it does bloom hearty root pushing my other plants
Ce Gadd
on Aug 28, 2015
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Datura! (Or Jimson Weed). The Georgia O'Keeffe flower.
Kele
on Aug 28, 2015
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Datura . Or to quote Gene Autry, "Where the long-horned cattle feed on the lowly Jimpson weed, back in the saddle again"
Marcia
on Aug 28, 2015
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Here's picture
Ce Gadd
on Aug 28, 2015
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When you google the image of moon flower it does look like that but I'm not positive.
Janet Pizaro
on Aug 28, 2015
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Also known as Angel Trumpet. All species of Datura are poisonous, especially their seeds and flowers. Suggest getting rid of it ASAP.
Elaine753
on Aug 28, 2015
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There are many datura types; were very popular in Ventura California where the flowers would hang down over subdivision walls. They are sold here in zone 5 as sun room plants. As are Easter lilies and castor bean, both of which are poisonous.
Duv310660
on Aug 29, 2015
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Yep, that's datura (angel trumpet is one of the common names). It's very poisonous. Here's some good information about it: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/datura-stramonium/
Linda B
on Aug 29, 2015
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We have this along the roads in AZ. We call it "loco-weed". We avoid it and keep our animals away. Wild Datura can be toxic.
Donna Christensen-Henry
on Aug 29, 2015
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Moonflowers. I have a few in my back yard in Colorado for my own enjoyment; they are beautiful. They can take over a garden, though, and I understand the seeds are hallucigenic.
Dottie Unruh
on Aug 29, 2015
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Moonflower I've seen this in White and Purple, if you don't want it in your yard.Pull up by the roots and if any seed pods drop off pick them up.
JoAnna Cooper
on Aug 30, 2015
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Moonflowers are vines that open only in the evening to attract moths. They reseed and become invasive. The plant you have is a Datura aka Angel Trumpet. Get rid of it asap...the entire thing is poisonous.
Elaine753
on Aug 31, 2015
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