Hyoscyamus niger L.

Trajche Dimitrovski

Jun 30

Taxonomy: Fam. Solanaceae// Genus: Hyoscyamus// Species: Hyoscyamus niger L.

Determined according to the botanical keys provided in Flora Europaea (Tutin et al., 1972).

Distribution: Native to Temperate Eurasia - to Pakistan, Himalaya and China; Northwest Africa according to the distribution information provided by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, kew).

Habitat: Disturbed ground- roadsides, waste places and other ruderal habitats.

Lifeform: Annual; therophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – habit. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – inflorescence. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – flowers. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – flower. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – fruiting calyx with capsule. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – stem with leaves and fruiting calyxes. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

*Hyoscyamus niger* – leaf. Osogovo, hilly region near village of Beli, 18.06.2022. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Hyoscyamus niger L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:815932-1 [Accessed 30.06.2022].

Tutin, T.G., Heywood, V.H., Burges, N.A., Moore, D.M., Valentine, D.H., Walters, S.M. & Webb, D.A. (1972). Flora Europaea. Volume 3: Diapensiaceae to Myoporaceae. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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