23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Wildlife
Datura Apple in Spring Green

The apple of the Datura plant (Sacred Datura, Datura Wrightii) is actually a seed pod, and the seeds are legendary in folklore, as medicine, and as poison. This particular plant is growing above the Granite Face cliff off the Whitewash trail in South Sandia Open Space, Albuquerque, NM. The hike is very difficult and nearly vertical.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 10.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T5
Copyright: © Loraine Glueck