What flower appears in Georgia O'Keeffe's famous 1932 painting?

Georgia O'Keeffe's famous 1932 painting features a Jimson weed flower.

Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 shows a large white datura blossom against a dark background. O'Keeffe magnified the flower so that its trumpet-shaped petals fill the composition. The painting demonstrates her characteristic interest in isolating natural forms and presenting them at an unusually large scale.

The work was painted in 1932, while O'Keeffe was living and working between New York and New Mexico. Jimson weed, also called datura, grows in the American Southwest and has a distinctive white flower that opens in the evening. The plant is toxic, so it should not be confused with an edible garden flower.

In 2014, the painting sold at auction for $44.4 million, setting a record for the highest price paid for a painting by a female artist at that time. The record brought renewed attention to O'Keeffe's achievement and the painting's cultural importance.