Hyoscyamus aureus


Hyoscyamus aureus, the golden henbane or yellow henbane, is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Iraq.

Description

A very sticky long-haired perennial, often densely sprawling, the flowers are asymmetric, golden yellow with purple throat and stamens and style long-protrude. After flowering the inflorescence elongates greatly and on withering small plants may form at their ends. The leaves are roundish to egg-shaped with irregular edges, long stalk and variable base.
Similar species include: Hyoscyamus albus, Hyoscyamus niger, and Ecballium elaterium.
Sources Flora Europaea, Flora of Turkey.

Habitat

Turkey: Rock crevices, old walls, ruins, 0–1200 m.