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{{SPlantbox
|familia=Solanaceae
|genus=Datura
|species=wrightii
|taxo_author=Regel
|common_name=Sacred Datura
|habit=herbaceous
|habit_ref=Wikipedia
|Min ht box=30
|Min ht metric=cm
|Max ht box=150
|Max ht metric=cm
|height_ref=Wikipedia
|poisonous=yes
|lifespan=perennial
|exposure=sun
|water=moderate, dry
|features=flowers, fragrance
|flowers=purple, white
|Temp Metric=°F
|image=Datura wrightii flower2.jpg
|image_width=240
}}
'''''Datura wrightii''''' or '''Sacred Datura''' is the name of a [[poison]]ous [[perennial plant]] and [[ornamental plant|ornamental]] flower of southwestern [[North America]]. It is sometimes used as a [[Psychedelics, dissociatives and deliriants|hallucinogen]].  ''Datura wrightii'' is classified as a [[deliriant]] and an [[anticholinergic]].<ref name=Garcia>{{cite book | author=Cecilia Garcia, James D. Adams | title=Healing with medicinal plants of the west - cultural and scientific basis for their use | publisher=Abedus Press| year=2005 | isbn=0-9763091-0-6}}</ref>

It is a vigorous herbaceous [[perennial plant|perennial]]<ref name=Cronquist>{{cite book | author=Arthur Cronquist, Arthur H. Holmgren, Noel H. Holmgren, James L. Reveal, Patricia K. Holmgren | title=Intermountain Flora; Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A., vol. 4. Subclass Asteridae (except Asteraceae) | publisher=The New York Botanical Garden | year=1984 | isbn=0-231-04120-9}}</ref> that grows 30&nbsp;cm to 1.5 m tall and wide.<ref name=Niehaus>{{cite book | author=Theodore F. Niehaus, Charles L. Ripper, and Virginia Savage | title=A Field Guide to Southwestern and Texas Wildflowers | publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company | year=1984 | isbn=0-395-36640-2}}</ref>  The leaves are broad and rounded at the base, tapering to a point, often with wavy margins.  The flowers are the most striking feature, being sweetly fragrant white trumpets up to 20&nbsp;cm (8 inches) long, often tinted purple, especially at the margin.  There are five narrow points spaced symmetrically around the rim. It can bloom from April to October.<ref name=Cronquist/>  In clear weather, flowers open at nearly full dark and wither a few hours after sunrise the following morning; in cloudy weather, they may open earlier and last longer.

The seeds are borne in a spiny, globular capsule 3 to 4 cm in diameter, which opens when fully ripe.<ref name=Cronquist/>

''Datura wrightii'' is found in northern [[Mexico]] and the adjoining [[United States|U. S.]] states, as far north as southern Utah, in open land with well-drained soils.<ref name=Cronquist/>  It is also commonly planted as an ornamental, especially in [[xeriscape]]s.