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Hyoscyamus niger L. - Solanaceae - common henbane, black henbane, stinking nightshade, Schwarzes Bilsenkraut

Biennial herb, up to 1m tall, native to Europe, West Asia, North Africa; rosette leaves ovate-lanceolate or oblong, coarsely dentate or pinnately lobed or parted, cauline leaves ovate or deltate-ovate, nearly clasping or broadly cuneate at base, lobed or entire; flowers pale yellow, with purple veins, campanulate, 2-3 cm; fruiting calyx urceolate; capsules ovoid-rounded; seeds yellow-brown, discoid, ca. 1 mm in diam.
Alkaloids (hyoscyamine and scopolamine) contained in the roots, leaves, and seeds, are used as an anaesthetic and for relieving muscular spasm and pain. The seed oil can be used for soap making.
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200020521

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Kohl,F.G., Die officinellen Pflanzen der Pharmacopoea Germanica, t.172 (1891-1895)
http://plantgenera.org/species.php?id_species=543706

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