The Gardens at Heather Farm is surrounded by the larger park area and the Iron Horse Trail. As someone who frequents these areas, I discover many seasonal treasures on morning walks. Despite the cool, ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Sacred Datura (Datura wrightii) is a night-blooming herbaceous perennial that is common in the ...

Few plants made it unscathed through the brutal summer we just endured in Central Texas. We’re finally out of triple digits now, in early October, after more than eighty days of hundred-degree heat.

Three-lined potato beetles, Lema daturaphila, are native to North America, and they consume leaves from a variety of species, including tomato and potato. But their specific name, daturaphila, ...

The trichome dimorphism of Datura wrightii is intriguing because glandular trichome production has a high fitness cost. Plants producing glandular trichomes ("sticky" plants) are resistant to many ...

However, behavioral experiments with sacred datura (Datura wrightii), which were infested by the three-lined potato beetle Lema daturaphila, resulted in an unexpected surprise: Quite obviously, female ...

Three-lined potato beetles, Lema daturaphila, are native to North America, and they consume leaves from a variety of species, including tomato and potato. But their specific name, daturaphila, ...