Datura innoxia P. Miller. Common name: Indian-apple. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Disturbed areas. Distribution: Native of Mexico.
Origin/Endemic status: Neotropics
Taxonomy Comments: This species may not be distinct from D. wrightii. The spelling of the epithet has been conserved as "innoxia" (Applequist 2023). {It is currently not known with confidence which records in our area apply to which taxon}
Synonymy ⓘ: = F, FNA14, NY, S, WV, "inoxia" a correctable orthographic error; = Datura inoxia Mill. — Bah, Fl6, Il, Mi, Mo3, NE, Tx, WH3, Avery, Satina, & Rietsema (1959), orthographic variant; = n/a — Pa, RAB; > Datura meteloides Dunal — G, misapplied; < Datura wrightii Regel. Basionym: Datura innoxia Mill. 1768
Links to other floras: = Datura innoxia - FNA14
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Great Plains: UPL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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