Thornapple Collection

Jimson weed, Datura stramonium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Tree sparrow (Passer montanus) feeding a fledgling on a branch of Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) blossom, Perthshire, Scotland. June 2013

Jimson weed, Datura stramonium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph
FLO4990755 Jimson weed, Datura stramonium. Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehler's Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler

Monochrome image of a Hawthorn tree (Crataegus monogyna) and granite outcrop near Saddle Tor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, January 2011

No. 3055c Thorn apple (Datura Wrightii) (w / c)
FIT82796 No.3055c Thorn apple (Datura Wrightii) (w/c) by Merian, Maria Sibylla Graff (1647-1717); 38.8x27.8 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge, UK; eFitzwilliam Museum; Swiss

Thornapple flowers 19 century illustration
A digitally restored image of an original antique litho by Julius Hoeppner (1839-1893) from Schule der Blumenmalerei published in 1890

Sacred Datura, Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona

Henbane, Hyosicamus niger, and thorn apple, Datura stramonium.. Handcolored botanical copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged

Common thorn apple poison engraving 1857
A History of the Vegetable Kingdom by Wlliiam Rhind 1855

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Amidst the rugged beauty of Dartmoor National Park in Devon, England, a Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) tenderly feeds its fledgling on a Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) branch. Beneath the same sky, a solitary Thornapple (Datura stramonium), also known as Jimson Weed, blooms against a granite outcrop. This monochrome image echoes the timeless harmony between nature's diverse elements. Thornapple, a member of the Solanaceae family, bears resemblance to Datura Wrightii and the Sacred Datura of Havasu Canyon, Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Historically used for medicinal and herbal purposes, Thornapple's flowers have been depicted in 19th-century illustrations. However, its potent alkaloids, including scopolamine and hyoscyamine, have long been known to be poisonous, as depicted in this 1857 engraving of common thorn apple. Nature's intricacies continue to captivate and challenge us, offering a rich tapestry of discovery.