Hyoscyamus

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Read about Hyoscyamus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Hyoscyamus (Greek, hog bean). Solanaceae. Henbane. A coarse, clammy, ill-smelling, wayside weed cultivated for medicinal purposes. An extract is commonly sold in drugstores. Annual, biennial or perennial, mostly clammy pubescent: lvs. alternate, coarsely toothed, or pinnatifid, rarely entire: corolla pallid or lurid and netted-veined, funnel-shaped, with 5 unequal lobes; stamens mostly exserted, declined: caps. 2-celled. circumscissile above the middle. Henbane grows wild in Eu., W. Asia and Himalayas and is naturalized in Amer. It is found in sandy and waste places. The genus contains about 15 species, of the Old World. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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