Henbane

Description

Foetid velvety annual or biennial to 80cm. Leaves ovate to lanceolate-ovate, dentate to incised, basal leaves in a rosette. Inflorescence spicate, unilateral; flowers subsessile; calyx to 1.5cm, dentate, lobes triangular, acute; corolla to 3cm diameter, olive green to dull yellow, purple-veined, subsessile. Fruit to 13mm, 2-chambered.