Hyoscyamus niger
| Hyoscyamus niger | |
|---|---|
| Hyoscyamus niger in Köhler's Medicinal Plants, 1887 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Hyoscyamus |
| Species: | H. niger |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyoscyamus niger | |
Henbane (Hyoscyamus niger, also black henbane and stinking nightshade) is a poisonous plant belonging to tribe Hyoscyameae of the nightshade family Solanaceae. Henbane is native to temperate Europe and Siberia, and naturalised in Great Britain and Ireland.