The flower in Georgia O'Keeffe's famous 1932 painting Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 is jimson weed. The work presents a large white flower against a dark background.
Jimson weed, also called Datura, is a plant with trumpet-shaped flowers. O'Keeffe encountered the plant in New Mexico and made it a subject because of its striking form and scale.
The painting became one of O'Keeffe's best-known flower images. In 2014, it sold for $44.4 million at auction, setting a record for the highest price paid for a painting by a woman artist at that time.
The flower's enlarged scale is characteristic of O'Keeffe's floral paintings, but the works were not simply botanical illustrations. She used close views, simplified shapes, and strong color to make familiar natural forms visually commanding.