The flower in Georgia O'Keeffe's 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is jimson weed. The work shows a large white datura blossom against a pale background, magnifying a single flower far beyond its natural scale.
O'Keeffe painted many flowers in close-up, but she repeatedly explained that the enlargements encouraged viewers to look carefully at forms they might otherwise overlook. Jimson weed grew around her New Mexico home and became one of the plants associated with her Southwest imagery.
In 2014, the painting sold at Sotheby's for $44.4 million, including buyer's premium. It became the highest price paid at auction for a work by a female artist at that time.
The title can cause confusion because the flower is also called datura or sacred datura. The painting's full title is Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1, and it is not a poppy, iris, or hollyhock.