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Common henbane

Hyoscyamus niger

Family: Solanaceae Genus: Hyoscyamus Species: niger

Synonyms: Hyoscyamus pictus, Hyoscyamus niger var. chinensis, Hyoscyamus vulgaris, Hyoscyamus niger var. agrestis, Hyoscyamus bohemicus var. pallidus, Hyoscyamus lethalis, Hyoscyamus bohemicus, Hyoscyamus niger subsp. auriculatus, Hyoscyamus niger var. intermedius, Hyoscyamus auriculatus, Hyoscyamus agrestis, Hyoscyamus agrestis var. sinuatus, Hyoscyamus agrestis var. integrifolius, Hyoscyamus officinarum, Hyoscyamus syspirensis, Hyoscyamus niger var. pallidus, Hyoscyamus persicus, Hyoscyamus niger var. biennis, Hyoscyamus pallidus, Hyoscyamus verviensis, Hyoscyamus niger var. pygmaeus, Hyoscarpus niger, Hyoscyamus niger subsp. agrestis, Hyoscyamus niger var. annuus

Common henbane (en)
Hyoscyamus niger — flower
Hyoscyamus niger — flower

Botanical Description

Flower: Color: yellow

Native Region: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Manchuria, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia

Chemistry & External Identifiers

Trefle ID
267916

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