Spotted in Griffith Park on a quick hike:
I’m thinking that this is a variety of bindweed (but see below*). I’m not sure though. Thoughts anyone? (Convolvulus sepium, that is.) Bindweed is a sort of wild morning glory, and this really does remind me of a morning glory, including some of the big ones that come up in the garden sometimes. A spectacularly lovely white version.
[*Update:- Happily, it was identified by commenter Spyder, who says:
It appears to be one of my favorite species--datura meteloides, the sacred thornapple. I have a picture on my refrigerator of my sister and myself (from forty years ago) looking at a large specimen on our property above Toganga Canyon. At the time, my sophmore year at UCLA, i hadn't learned much about it; i just really liked it and its aroma. A few years later, in grad school, i would become much more familiar with its role in american indian religious rituals, both in the north (datura) and the south (brugmansia) .
Thanks Spyder!]
-cvj
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It appears to be one of my favorite species–datura meteloides, the sacred thornapple. I have a picture on my refrigerator of my sister and myself (from forty years ago) looking at a large specimen on our property above Toganga Canyon. At the time, my sophmore year at UCLA, i hadn’t learned much about it; i just really liked it and its aroma. A few years later, in grad school, i would become much more familiar with its role in american indian religious rituals, both in the north (datura) and the south (brugmansia) .
Wow! Thanks! I was hoping someone would help out, ad I predicted that it would be you! Fantastic….. Will update.
-cvj
thnx, i was searching for it’s name for my art project on o’keefe
That my friends, is Datura or Jimsonweed. Dont eat it. You will lose your mind for days. It is deadly poisonous.