ABSTRACT
Plant Description Comprising a genus of 15 species native to parts of Europe, North Africa, and Asia, Hyoscyamus species are erect, branching, annual, biennial, or perennial plants arising from a taproot and covered with prominent sticky hairs. Leaves are lanceolate to ovate, coarsely toothed, the lower leaves having petioles, the upper leaves clasping. The leaves form as a rosette the first year. Inflorescences are terminal one-sided, racemes or spikes. Flowers are showy, funnel shaped, 5-6 lobed, greenish to yellow in color with a distinct pattern of purple colored veins (Figures 213 and 214). Fruits are urnshaped capsules enclosed by calyces, and containing many seeds (Figure 215).
