Summary ³

Hyoscyamus niger, commonly known as henbane, black henbane or stinking nightshade, is a poisonous plant in the family Solanaceae.

How to recognize it? ⁴

Bell shaped pale flowers with 5 lobes, dark purple veins and center. Multiple flowers per stem. Sticky leaves.

When are they blooming in Banff National Park? Full bloom between mid-June and mid-July. Bloom/Seeding continuing on till end of September.

Sources and Credits

1. (c) HermannFalkner/sokol, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/hermannherbarium/5756221890/
2. (c) bioblitzbanff, all rights reserved
3. Adapted by bioblitzbanff from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyoscyamus_niger
4. Adapted by metallyza from a work by (c) bioblitzbanff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
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• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
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• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• OregonFlora.org
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• USDA PLANTS database
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