Yellow Henbane

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Hyoscyamus aureus

Yellow Henbane, a reference photo
Photo: Maarten Sepp · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence)

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

From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is it poisonous?

Toxic. The note covers its whole genus. Henbane; tropane alkaloids Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Classification

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Species
Hyoscyamus aureus

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