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Golden Henbane

Hyoscyamus aureus

Golden henbane is a sticky, hairy perennial in the nightshade family with golden yellow flowers, native to the Eastern Mediterranean and Iraq. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it needs well-drained soil and full sun to thrive.

Family

Solanaceae (Nightshade family)

Grows as

Perennial

Light

Full sun

Water

Water moderately in the growing season and let the soil dry out between waterings.

Soil

Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil.

Temperature

Suited to subtropical conditions; protect from frost.

How easy

Moderate

Safety

Toxic: All parts contain tropane alkaloids such as hyoscyamine and scopolamine, which can cause dry mouth, delirium, rapid heartbeat and worse in larger doses, as with other henbane species.

Native range

E. Medit. to NW. Iraq

Climate

subtropical

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hyoscyamus aureus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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