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Thornapple - Datura sp.

Datura metel

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Jonathan Sequeira
Jonathan Sequeira 11 years ago

Thanks for the ID Dandoucette.
So glad you like this flower, Maria.

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

What a gorgeous flower!

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 11 years ago

I love this double purple variety of this. I used to grow it in my garden. The species is D. metel. I don't think you have to include the latin name in with the common name, Thornapple is just fine.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura_mete...

Jonathan Sequeira
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Jonathan Sequeira

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

Spotted on Aug 21, 2012
Submitted on Aug 30, 2012

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