Black Henbane seedpods
Darner dragonfly sp.
Autumn's glory
All decked out
A rare sighting
European Skipper on wild Bergamot
Love the style
Seeds of Showy Milkweed / Asclepias speciosa
Greater White-fronted Geese, Marsland Basin
Colourful pair of Wood Ducks / Aix sponsa
Sunflowers and a red barn
"Just" a little House Sparrow
Releasing light
Fringed Heartwort / Ricciocarpos natans liverwort,…
Malachite butterfly
A welcome cluster
Showy Aster / Aster conspicuus, rarely seen in blo…
Puffballs on a tree stump
Farmland of the Alberta foothills
Overtaken by nature
Rose hip species
Owl butterfly / Caligo sp.
Greater White-fronted Geese
American White Pelican - synchronized feeding
Tiger Longwing butterfly / Heliconius hecale
Fringed Grass-of-Parnassus / Parnassia fimbriata
Wood grain, fungus and Harvestman
Nuttall's Sunflower / Helianthus nuttallii
Golden Eagle juvenile
Macro puffballs
Himalayan monal / Lophophorus impejanus male
Bursts of colour
ILLUMINASIA, Lantern & Garden Festival
An ornamental grass
One of few
European Skipper on Pearly Everlasting / Antennari…
Bees need our help!
Growing on a fallen leaf
A double dose of clouds
Blue and Brown Clipper / Parthenos sylvia
Like a little flower
Coffee Bean tree / Coffea
Our foothills in Impressive Art
Pileated Woodpecker female
Mature Amanita muscaria, I believe?
Keywords
Authorizations, license
-
Visible by: Everyone -
All rights reserved
-
389 visits
Black Henbane


I always think this is rather a strange flower, but with such a beautiful pattern on the petals. Photographed this noxious weed on 23 June 2015, when I was on a botany walk at Griffith Woods.
"An annual or biennial (forming a rosette the first year) plant that reproduces by seed only. Black Henbane was introduced from the Mediterranean and has been used as a medicinal plant since the Middle Ages, and was also used in ancient religious rites because of its hallucinogenic properties. It was even used as a flavoring in beer until the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans and animals when ingested – tissues contain several toxic alkaloids. Symptoms of poisoning include impaired vision, convulsions, coma, and death from heart or respiratory failure.
It is a member of the nightshade family and also called ‘stinking nightshade’. A single plant can produce as much as half a million seeds in one season, which are viable for about 4 years."
www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/Downloads/FS-BlackHenbane.pdf -
"An annual or biennial (forming a rosette the first year) plant that reproduces by seed only. Black Henbane was introduced from the Mediterranean and has been used as a medicinal plant since the Middle Ages, and was also used in ancient religious rites because of its hallucinogenic properties. It was even used as a flavoring in beer until the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. All parts of the plant are poisonous to humans and animals when ingested – tissues contain several toxic alkaloids. Symptoms of poisoning include impaired vision, convulsions, coma, and death from heart or respiratory failure.
It is a member of the nightshade family and also called ‘stinking nightshade’. A single plant can produce as much as half a million seeds in one season, which are viable for about 4 years."
www.invasiveplants.ab.ca/Downloads/FS-BlackHenbane.pdf -
- Keyboard shortcuts:
Jump to top
RSS feed- Latest comments - Subscribe to the comment feeds of this photo
- ipernity © 2007-2025
- Help & Contact
|
Club news
|
About ipernity
|
History |
ipernity Club & Prices |
Guide of good conduct
Donate | Group guidelines | Privacy policy | Terms of use | Statutes | In memoria -
Facebook
Twitter
Sign-in to write a comment.