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Sacred datura (jimson weed, thorn apple, angel trumpet), Datura wrightii, Mojave Desert, California. Also available: pollination by sphinx moth. Datura is a powerful and dangerous hallucinogen that has been used ceremonially by Native Americans, as well as recreationally by more recent arrivals.
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