Common name:
Henbane
Family:
Scientific name:
Hyoscyamus niger
Main flower color:
Range:
Mostly restricted to south and southeast England
Height:
Up to 80 cm
Habitat:
Disturbed and waste ground, often sandy locations; most common near the coast
Flowers:
The corolla is cup-shaped, up to 3 cm across, cream-coloured, with five rounded lobes (slightly unequal in shape), crossed by a net of prominent, purple veins. The base of the corolla (inside) is more uniformly purple. The stamens have white filaments and large purple anthers. The outside of the corolla is glandular-hairy, as are the calyces, pedicels and stems
Fruit:
Rounded, black berries
Leaves:
Ovate, petiolate, tapering to a pointed tip. Up to 20 cm long
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
