Annuals: Just a wild, generic datura?, 0 by BogweedBuck

BogweedBuck wrote:
This started in my garden last year. I planted seeds for an alleged Four O'Clock and this came up in its place. I've since seen very similar ones on the roadside, but have never ventured to pull over for a closer look. The flowers, as you might be able to tell, are not all that impressive ... perhaps 2, probably more like 3, times the size of a healthy petunia. Last year, the purple was a much more prominent.

I've been pinching off the seed pods the past two weeks to see if it'll bloom more profusely. Is this a datura worth saving the seeds for or do I have a semi-indiginous "volunteer" in my garden?

(ps: I also started getting rid of the pods because I've pulled hundreds [literally] of datura sprouts from all over the yard as a result of the two I had last year)