Atropa belladonna

A shrub with an inconspicuous appearance and beautiful flowers. The entire plant is poisonous, although it was once used in folk medicine. It all depends on the dose and method of use.

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful capture of this poisonous fellow!

[Annie D]

it is beautiful

[KoalaGardens🐨]

beautiful

[Diana]

Wonderful composition and capture.

[Christina]

Lovely

[Joan Robillard]

Lovely

[Kerry McCarthy]

I don't think I've ever seen one. Nice shot!

[Peter Dulis]

nice capture

[Mags]

Very pretty plant and capture.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Pretty capture

[Renee Salamon]

Lovely - hope you weren’t too close, it’s pretty poisonous

[Margaret Brown]

A pretty capture of a very poisonous but useful medical plant

[Taffy]

The beauty hides the poisonous nature I guess!

[carol white]

Nicely focused, a lovely shot. Fav 😊

[Christine Sztukowski]

Beautifully composed

[Judith Johnson]

The flowers are really pretty

[Rob Z]

As you say - so innocent looking. I guess it was a starting point for research that led to useful drugs still used today. Love your dof in this image.

[Heather]

Great focus and dof! It looks so attractive- from a distance! Fav

[Shutterbug]

It’s quite pretty actually. They seem to use it a lot on mystery shows.

[Kathy]

Pharmaceuticals are still made from the belladonna plant. And interesting enough, tomatoes are cousins, as are potatoes and eggplant.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

I was thinking in the same line as Kathy above- some of the plants in this family are helpful and good for us; and some not. Good shot.