Family: Solanaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Able to grow in regions with tropical climates
  
• Reported to be naturalized in South Africa, and possibly the Galapagos
  
• Other Brugmansia species have become invasive
  
• Unpalatable to browsing and grazing animals
  
• Toxic to animals and humans
  
• Tolerates many soil types
  
• Reproduces by seeds
  
• May hybridize with other Brugmansia species
  
• Self-compatible
  
• Seeds dispersed by wind and intentionally by people
  
• Able to resprout after pruning or removal of above ground vegetation

Low Risk Traits:

• Despite naturalization, no reports of detrimental impacts to date
  
• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Ornamental
  
• Not reported to spread vegetatively
  
• Seeds reported to lose viability quickly
  
• Seedling production in wild reported to be rare, despite production of viable seeds