Can you identify this plant?

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It is about 4 ft. tall right now, and a quick grower.

The scale on one picture is inches and the other is mm

Thanks!

Can you identify this plant?
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Angel's Trumpet

Latin: Brugmansia aurea

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Reply:It is in fact ditura
Reply:It is, indeed, datura. In the western US, it is also known as "loco weed" because anything that eats any part of it has hallucinations.
Reply:Part of it looks like Okra.
Reply:Looks to me like Datura aka Thornapple



http://www.erowid.org/plants/datura/datu...

http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Da...
Reply:Yes and a highly poisonous one too. Called Datura stramonium. Contains atropine. In South Africa the black seeds are called "malpitte" mad seeds ... if you eat them you get really stoned and very sick .. you can die from it . Serious hallucinogenic qualities.
Reply:I've seen it before. I think it's called the Thorn-Apple



Thorn-Apple (Datura stramonium)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorn_apple



It's related to tomatoes and nightshade and according to my book it's foetid and poisonous, and thrives in disturbed soil.



The toxicity level is pretty serious, but it is native to your area and personally I don't like to pull up native wildflowers. The Wikipedia entry suggests that it may attract butterflies to your garden. Of course if there are kids around it may be advisable to remove it.
Reply:Yes, it definitely looks like a thornapple. But don't be too hasty about removing it (unless you have kids, of course) - it deters insects and is a companion plant for squash/pumpkins. And if you don't eat it, it's not going to do you any harm.