Datura (wrightii)
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Allegra Mount Seed Lab Manager Borderlands Restoration PO Box 1191 Patagonia, Arizona 85624 949-690-2592 borderlands.restoration@gmail.com www.borderlandsrestoration.org |
| Family Scientific Name: | Solanaceae | ||
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| Family Common Name: | Potato Family | ||
| Scientific Name: | Datura wrightii Regel | ||
| Common Name: | Sacred Thornapple | ||
| Ecotype: | Madrean Archipelago | ||
| General Distribution: |
Found in disturbed areas and sandy washes <7,200ft in elevation across the southwest (Nee n.d.). Flowers are pollinated in the evening by sphinx moths and in the early morning by honey bees and native bees (Raguso 2003). |
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| Propagation Goal: | Plants | ||
| Propagation Method: | Seed | ||
| ProductType: | Container (plug) | ||
| Propagule Collection: | Entire fruits can be collected once the capsule has begun to split. Wear work gloves to protect from spiny fruits and toxic alkaloids. | ||
| Propagule Processing: |
Crush capsules by stomping on them until they are in small pieces (<1cm2). Sieve material through #6 sieve on top of #10 sieve. Shake thoroughly. Smallest material will fall to the bottom, larger debris will stay on top of #6 sieve and seed material will remain on #10 sieve. #6 sieve is barely bigger than seeds so look carefully and keep shaking until all seeds have fallen into #10 sieve. Orthodox storage is assumed. |
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| References: |
Nee, Michael H. “Datura wrightii.” Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora. n.d. Web. http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=22389 [January 19, 2017]. Raguso, Robert A., et al. "Trumpet flowers of the Sonoran Desert: floral biology of Peniocereus cacti and sacred Datura." International Journal of Plant Sciences 164.6 (2003): 877-892. Borderlands Restoration Network (2018). BRN Native Plant Materials Program Database. Unpublished Raw Data. |
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Citation:
Allen-Cantú, Juniper; Claverie, Francesca; McNelis, Perin; Mount, Allegra. 2018. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Datura wrightii Regel Plants Borderlands Restoration Patagonia, Arizona. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/04/20). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.
