POISONOUS!

[KarenSoCal]

These are coming up all around our property since we had a terrific downpour a few weeks ago. We are in low desert SE of Palm Springs.

As near as I can tell, this is a type of datura...poisonous for humans and animals. One description calls it a "deleriant, with a high probability of overdose".

Pretty, but bad news if eaten!!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Pretty, but bad news if eaten!!View attachment 258406

Can you give me a picture with maybe your thumb or a coin next to it to provide us some scale?

 

[KarenSoCal]

Can you give me a picture with maybe your thumb or a coin next to it to provide us some scale?

I'll try to get one tomorrow.

 

[Tom]

That is one of the ones I pull out by the root and put it straight in the trashcan.

 

[Yvonne G]

Yup, that's datura, as you thought. Trash can it!

 

[RosemaryDW]

I’ll have to look for this little cousin of Jimweed. Awful stuff but I’m not sure I’ve got this type around me. Time for a tramp around the neighborhood.

 

[Tom]

I’ll have to look for this little cousin of Jimweed. Awful stuff but I’m not sure I’ve got this type around me. Time for a tramp around the neighborhood.

What will having a tramp in your neighborhood accomplish???

 

[RosemaryDW]

A walk through the weeds, I mean Tom. Not a vagrant!

 

[jsheffield - In Memoriam]

What will having a tramp in your neighborhood accomplish???

Neighborhood watch!

 

[KarenSoCal]

Can you give me a picture with maybe your thumb or a coin next to it to provide us some scale?

Here you go, Ken

 

[RosemaryDW]

Hmm, I think that might turn out to be regular Jimweed. If it gets much larger we’ll know for sure!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Here you go, Ken

Thanks. I think at my old place I would get that growing in the gravel driveway and parking area. I just used a weed torch to get rid of it.

 

[Tom]

Thanks. I think at my old place I would get that growing in the gravel driveway and parking area. I just used a weed torch to get rid of it.

A weed torch???! We don't use fire to get rid of weeds down here in the land of no rain for 10 months of every year...

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

A weed torch???! We don't use fire to get rid of weeds down here in the land of no rain for 10 months of every year...

Weeds growing in gravel driveway after a good rain frying the leaves, cooking the seeds, and boiling the roots. I do use some caution.

 

[Tom]

Weeds growing in gravel driveway after a good rain frying the leaves, cooking the seeds, and boiling the roots. I do use some caution.

Caution or not, that just sounds FUN man!!!

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Caution or not, that just sounds FUN man!!!

Trust me. It’s fun but you can act like it’s a chore. LOL

 

[Chasen]

Karen, it is indeed Datura, aka Jimson Weed, aka Angels Trumpet, aka Loco Weed. One of my favorites. The blooms can be quite pretty.

 

[Chasen]

A weed torch???! We don't use fire to get rid of weeds down here in the land of no rain for 10 months of every year...

 

[Chasen]

What will having a tramp in your neighborhood accomplish???

 

[Chasen]

Hmm, I think that might turn out to be regular Jimweed. If it gets much larger we’ll know for sure!

They get bigger than that. These are still early in the season.