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Hyoscyamus niger
Cultivation Notes
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| Latin Name: | Hyoscyamus niger |
| Common Name: | Henbane |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
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| Known Hazards: | All parts of the plant are very toxic[7, 10, 19, 65, 76]. Symptoms of poisoning include impaired vision, convulsions, coma and death from heart or respiratory failure[238]. |
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Author: L.
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| Habit: Annual/Biennial |
| Habitat: By the walls of fields, waste ground, near buildings and in stony places from low-lying ground near the sea to lower mountain slopes[7]. |
| Height: 1.0 Width: 1.0 |
Cultivation Details:
Prefers a sunny position[4] and a dry soil[19]. Succeeds in ordinary garden soil[1] but prefers an alkaline soil[200]. Plants succeed in sandy spots near the sea[4].
Cultivated commercially as a medicinal plant[57], only the biennial form is considered officinal[4].
Grows well in maritime areas, often self-sowing freely[200]. Older plants do not transplant well due to a brittle taproot[200].
The growing plant inhibits the growth of clover[18].
The flowers emit a sickly fishy smell[245].
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Propagation Notes:
Seed - sow summer in a cold frame and pot on as soon as possible before the taproot is too long[200].
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