Angel’s Trumpet, Brugmansia

Brugmansia hybrids

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Solanaceae

Explanation of name: Brugmansia is named after Sebald Justin Brugmans (1763-1819).

Natural range: South America. The wild origins of these hallucinogenic plants are unknown. They have been cultivated from ancient times in South America for ritual uses.

Recognition: Weak-stemmed, fast-growing, pubescent shrubs having foot-long dangling, pastel or white, trumpet-shaped blossoms

Landscape uses: Fast-growing, short-lived, dramatic-flowering shrubs, best in the evening. Plagued by nematodes, and hallucinogenic-toxic.

Internet source: http://www.eastendcommunity.com/plants/brugmansia.htm