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Datura wrightii
Night blooming flower. This is the third big round of blooms this season.
Habitat garden.
Pollinated by hawkmoths. All parts of this plant are toxic.
Spotted on Aug 26, 2012
Submitted on Sep 6, 2012
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Amanda, I just Googled moonflower on our computer, since I can't seem to get it on my IPad currently. According to it, some of the Datures are sometimes called moonflowers, along with Nightblooming cerus and the ipomoea I mentioned earlier. I guess that's why they tell us to beware of common names. One person's moonflower may not be anothers.
Moonflower is Ipomoea alba, which is a morning glory. Its flower does look similar but it is a very different plant.
Is this also sometimes called a moon flower?