Georgia O'Keeffe’s Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 shows a jimson weed flower.
The painting presents the blossom at an unusually large scale, with white petals spreading across a dark field. Jimson weed is the common name for Datura stramonium, a plant known for trumpet-shaped flowers and poisonous parts. O'Keeffe collected the flowers from around her New Mexico home and used them as painting subjects.
The image is not a botanical illustration in the strict scientific sense. O'Keeffe simplified and enlarged the flower to emphasize its curves, folds, and visual presence. That approach became one of the defining features of her flower paintings.
Viewers sometimes identify the bloom as a lily or morning glory because of its pale trumpet-like appearance. The title supplies the decisive clue: “Jimson Weed” names the plant, while “White Flower No. 1” describes this particular composition. The work was painted in 1932 and later achieved a record auction price.