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Black Henbane
Black Henbane
Hyoscyamus niger
Plantae
UNCOMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Annual or Biennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Eurasia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Uncommon

About

This sticky plant grows in dry, rocky soil along roadsides and waste grounds. Its hairy leaves secrete a foul-smelling oil that traps small insects against the stem.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Hyoscyamus
Species
Hyoscyamus niger