can anyone identify this plant?
 

My son bought a house in Jan and I've been put in charge of id'ing plants.
I'm stumped on this one.
It dies down to NOTHING in the winter (oh yeah, we're in NW Ohio, zone 5)
and now it's 2 1/2 - 3 ft tall and as wide a spread
There're quite a few of them, definitely on the 'give one to Mom' list.
The flowers are about 5-6 inches

Looks like it could be moonflower. I'll take some! It's so pretty.

When it finishes flowering ... are you left with thorny type pods, with the new seeds in.
They drop and re-seed for next year's plant.

If the flowers are open at night or dull days, but closed in sunny times ... then moonflower
If they open during the day, and close at night ... I forget the name!
The two are very similar, and cross-referencing is often given in the plant books.

We call them Datura. Don't know if that is the correct name for them. I believe that they are possibly poisonous..so be careful of them around children and pets. My mom used to grow them. I think they are related to Angel Trumpets. They die back in the winter here in Alabama but are easy to grow from seeds the next year. The blooms are very pretty, aren't they?

Moonflower here is a vine and the flowers are very similar to those but the plant isn't like that at all..We may call them Moonvines. But I think that is what Red and QuiltE are referring to.

It does look like the moonflower, except for the leaves. The moonflowers I am familiar with grow on vines that twirl themselves around posts and fences, and the leaves are heart-shaped. Also, the flowers bloom at dusk and they smell wonderful.
Yours may be a new variant.

I love these. Trumpet plant.
psandy

Datura is the latin name for the plant. Can be toxic, so don't eat it :)

When the large spiney seed pods dry collect them to re-seed the plant.

Very pretty!!!!