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To: steppenwolffe
" called the Angel Trumpet, Datura or Jimsonweed"

This may sound like I'm nitpicking, but this is $h!tty reporting. Which is it "Angle Trumpet", which is a Datura or Jimsonweed which is a totally different plant that is causing the problem?

Jimsonweed is also called Nightshade, (Solanum dulcamara called Bitter Nightshade and Solanum nigrum called Black Nightshade), is a weed that is probably natural occurring in Missouri. Knuckleheads of all generations have tried getting high on that stuff. My grandpa told me how when he was a teen he saw some of his friends consume some of that stuff after they saw cattle eat it and act crazy. He said it can kill.

29 posted on 11/14/2003 10:08:59 AM PST by bigfootbob
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To: bigfootbob
Jimson weed is also comonly called Datura or Angel's trumpet; though the common Jimson weed is unlikely to be found in nursuries. It usually has a white flower which don't droop. Datura Straemonium (sp)

The Angel's trumpet found in nursuries is different from common native North American Jimson weed. This Angel's trumpet plant is from India and often has pink or yellow flowers which droop noticeably. It is very fragrant though the leaves are usually massive, ugly and prone to be bug- eaten.

They are both Solanaceae, and both have the common name of Angel's trumpet.

42 posted on 11/14/2003 10:22:30 AM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge.)
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