Sacred Datura, a toxic but beautiful native plant, thrives in Los Angeles' overlooked spaces—flourishing among trash, weeds, ...

Rachel Ruysch, "Posy of Flowers with a Beetle, on a Stone Ledge." The painting is part of the exhibit Rachel Ruysch: Nature into Art at the Toledo ...

Article continues below The Datura genus is a moonflower which is a trumpet white shape that opens at dusk and closes at dawn. This delightful flower can grow up to three feet tall and wide and is ...

Scopolamine is also present in Jimson Weed (Datura stramonium), a plant found in most of the Latin American countries. Stories about Datura are heard since childhood. One can be hypnotised if you ...

7. Gandha and Pushpa (Fragrance and Flowers) Apply sandalwood paste (Chandan) or natural perfume to the deity. Offer Bel Patra (Bilva leaves) and Datura flowers, considered sacred to Lord Shiva.

The Purple Datura is a species of plant that is extensively used for Ayurvedic and religious purposes in India and now is also being used in the beauty segment as well. (Image Credits: Pinterest ...

Similarly, Shami flowers can also be offered to Him. It is believed that offering Shami flowers helps fulfill one’s desires. Datura Flower – Datura is one of Lord Shiva's favorite offerings. It is ...

Catherine Sieck’s Three Shrines to Datura celebrates the highly poisonous datura flower. These “shrines” exist as wooden wall hangings with embossed datura flowers, created with copper and ...

I’ve been in love with sacred datura (Datura wrightii) ever since I saw the famous Georgia O’Keeffe painting of it when I was 9 years old. The huge flowers are a luminous silvery white, the ...

Chewed plant material found stuck to the cave ceiling contained traces of Datura wrightii, a hallucinogenic plant. Alongside the quids, or chewed plant material, were paintings resembling Datura ...

Datura is poisonous and bitter. The Dhatura fruit or flower offered to God symbolizes that we are surrendering and getting rid of all our bitterness, negativity and toxicity like hatred, jealousy and ...