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Bindweed

A.k.a. morning glory. Another invader weed that is now thoroughly established thruout North America. This plant is even managing to thrive in the southern Nevada desert along the watercourse. At least it has nice flowers and no stickers-- The broken brush that looks like flotsam to the right of the plant in fact _is_ flood debris, from a large flood down the canyon some months back. Arrow Canyon, southern Nevada.
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William Sutherland said:

Gorgeous shot!

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10 years ago

Pam J said:

I think this is actually Moonflowers... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datura

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I LOVE THEM as you can see !!! Beautiful perfume... all parts are hallucinogenic... but you arent going to stand there and eat them !! The sphinx moths love them too

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10 years ago

slgwv replied to Pam J:

Well, possibly. The leaves don't look the same as classic jimsonweed--not spiky enough--and it's growing as a vine, not a shrub. My wife, who's got board certification in vet toxicology, thought it looked like bindweed, but she wasn't there when I took the pic. I always called it morning glory, but apparently lots of different plants share that common name!

I can't think of Datura without remembering Carlos Castañeda's bizarre books--
10 years ago

yokopakumayoko Franc… said:

Beautiful flowers!

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slgwv said:

Thanks, everyone!
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Pam J replied to slgwv:

It is a vine and there are many types.The leaves on mine for instance are not spikey either. They are what you see there....

Morning Glory is a totally different plant of the Convolvulaceae family.. Convolvulus and Ipomoea being the most common

I actually grow mine with Morning Glorys to get the flower at both ends of the light !!

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I would lay money on yours being one of the strains of datura....

Just my thoughts.. and I dont know those books... need to look them up !!
10 years ago