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Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger Family: Solanaceae
Henbane
Hyoscyamus niger


Flowering time: June - September. Annual or biennial.

Grows on sunny, open, calcareous ground, most frequently coastal but declining. Shingle, sandy and waste ground, arable and grassy downlands.
RDB-Vulnerable

A tall, erect plant with sticky-hairy, foetid-smelling leaves and stems. The trumpet-shaped creamy-yellow flowes have dark purple-brown veins. Height 40-80cm. All parts of this plant are very poisonous.


Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger     Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger

Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger
Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger
Studland, Dorset. September 2007

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