Sacred Datura - Full Bloom
by Judy Kennedy
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Sacred Datura - Full Bloom
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Judy Kennedy
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Photograph - Photo
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Sacred datura is one of the most beautiful and mysterious plants of the Arizona Sonoran Desert. While it has been used sparingly as a ritual deliriant and medicinal narcotic among native populations, it is dangerously poisonous for those who do not know how to prepare it correctly. Chiefly nocturnal, its delicate and other-worldly blooms can be captured at dawn and twilight near dry washes and riparian areas from April to October but most abundantly during monsoon season after heavy rains and floods. It is sometimes called Jimson weed and moonflower. Insects, especially moths, love this member of the nightshade family, and so do I! I captured this magical flower in northwestern Pinal County about 50 miles south of Phoenix, Arizona.
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September 17th, 2018
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