WorldFloraDB - Hyoscyamus albus

Characteristics

Annual, biennial or perennial herb to 50 cm. Leaves orbicular-ovate, the lamina 4–10 cm long, deeply toothed; petiole 1–5 cm long. Lowest flowers with pedicels to 8 mm long, other flowers sessile. Calyx 10–15 mm long, the lobes broadly triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm long. Corolla to 30 mm long, usually cream or white, the throat tinged with green or purple. Anthers included or slightly exserted. Fruiting calyx broadly tubular-campanulate, slightly swollen in lower half, 20–25 mm long.

More

A herb. It can grow for one or two years.

Life form

Growth form

herb

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

epizoochory

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.9

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Dry, uncultivated ground, walls and field margins.

More

It is a temperate plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

CAUTION: All parts of the plant are very poisonous.

Uses	medicinal poison
Edible	flowers
Therapeutic use	Lymphatic diseases (leaf), Lymphatic diseases (root), Anodyne (unspecified), Asthma (unspecified), Cancer (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Fumitory (unspecified), Mydriatic (unspecified), Narcotic (unspecified), Pertussis (unspecified), Sedative (unspecified), Spasm (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Hypnotic (unspecified), Diabetes (unspecified), Gout (unspecified), Nerves (unspecified), Poison (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Uterus (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	14 - 40
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-