Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane - magic-plants ethnobotany

Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane

Botanical names: Hyoscyamus niger, Hyoscyamus agrestis, Hyoscyamus auriculatus, Hyoscyamus bohemicus, Hyoscyamus lethalis, Hyoscyamus niger var. annuus, Hyoscyamus niger var. chinensis, Hyoscyamus officinarum		Solanaceae
Common names English: black henbane, stinking nightshade, henbane Spanish: beleño negro, hierba loca French: jusquiame noire German: Schwarzes Bilsenkraut, Hexenkraut
Active constituents: hyoscyamine, scopolamine, atropine

Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane

illustration from Koehler's medicinal plants

Hyoscyamus niger, henbane flower