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Black Henbane - Hyoscyamus niger
Other Names:  Stinking Nightshade

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Non-native Species

Global Rank: GNR
State Rank: SNA
C-value: 0


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General Description
Annual or biennial. Stems erect, usually branched, 25–100 cm. Herbage viscid-villous, especially on the stems and veins, malodorous, poisonous. Leaves winged-petiolate below to sessile above; blades ovate, 3–30 cm long, pinnately lobed to dentate, overlapping. Inflorescence a branched, leafy-bracted raceme. Flowers slightly irregular; calyx campanulate, 10–12 mm long, greatly expanded in fruit; corolla funnelform, yellowish with purple veins, the tube 15–30 mm long, the limb 20–25 mm wide with 5 unequal lobes. Fruit a globose capsule 1–2 cm long, enclosed by the veiny, glandular calyx (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Species Range
Montana Range Range Descriptions

Non-native
 


Range Comments
Introduced throughout much of temperate North America; native to Europe (Lesica et al. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).

Observations in Montana Natural Heritage Program Database
Number of Observations: 1332

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Habitat
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Management

References
  • Literature Cited AboveLegend:   View Online Publication
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 771 p.
  • Additional ReferencesLegend:   View Online Publication
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    • Chadde, S.W. 1985. Initial recovery patterns of southwestern Montana foothill range. M.Sc. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State University. 103 p.
    • Culver, D.R. 1994. Floristic analysis of the Centennial Region, Montana. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman. 199 pp.
    • Eggers, M.J.S. 2005. Riparian vegetation of the Montana Yellowstone and cattle grazing impacts thereon. M.Sc. Thesis. Montana State University, Bozeman, MT. 125 p.
    • Jones, W. W. 1901. Preliminary flora of Gallatin County. M.S. Thesis. Bozeman, MT: Montana State College. 78 pp.
    • Lesica, P., M.T. Lavin, and P.F. Stickney. 2022. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition. Fort Worth, TX: BRIT Press. viii + 779 p.
    • Sater, S. 2022. The insects of Sevenmile Creek, a pictorial guide to their diversity and ecology. Undergraduate Thesis. Helena, MT: Carroll College. 242 p.
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