COMMON NAMES
formerly D. metel, Double flowered purple datura

DESCRIPTION
formerly D. metel. An annual herb, 4 to 5 feet tall, with ovate 7- to 8 inch leaves. The flower is 7 inches long, white inside, violet and yellowish outside, with a purple calyx. The fruit is a 1.25 inch diameter spiny capsule. There are also double-flowered and blue-, red-, and yellow-flowered varieties. Native to India and naturalized in the tropics of both hemispheres.

From the Allies catalog :
Purple Hindu Datura. Truly exquisite large, deep purple double flowers.