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Henbane Collection

Background imageHenbane Collection: Poisonous Plants

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Background imageHenbane Collection: Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane

Hyoscyamus niger, black henbane
Watercolour by Arthur Harry Church, 1903. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageHenbane Collection: Italian maple, Acer opalus

Italian maple, Acer opalus, Ital. L Erable opale. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Pierre Joseph Buchoz Les dons merveilleux et diversement colories de la nature dans le r?

Background imageHenbane Collection: White henbane, Hyoscyamus albus, and columbine

White henbane, Hyoscyamus albus, and columbine, Aquilegia vulgaris. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHenbane Collection: Perennial yellow woundwort and henbane

Perennial yellow woundwort and henbane
Perennial yellow woundwort, Stachys recta, and henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. Handcoloured woodblock engraving of a botanical illustration from Adam Lonicers Krauterbuch, or Herbal, Frankfurt, 1557

Background imageHenbane Collection: Oriental henbane, Physochlaina orientalis

Oriental henbane, Physochlaina orientalis (Hyoscyamus orientalis). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by George Cooke from Conrad Loddiges Botanical Cabinet, Hackney, 1828

Background imageHenbane Collection: Henbane bell, Scopolia carniolica

Henbane bell, Scopolia carniolica (Scopolina atropoides). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants, edited by Gustav Pabst, Koehler, Germany, 1887

Background imageHenbane Collection: Black henbane and Peruvian primrose-willow

Black henbane and Peruvian primrose-willow
Black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger 1, and Peruvian primrose-willow, Ludwigia peruviana 2. Jusquiame, Jussiee. Handcoloured steel engraving by August Dumenil after an illustration by A

Background imageHenbane Collection: Black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger

Black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger (Annual black henbane, Hyoscyamus niger annua). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after a botanical illustration by John Curtis from William Curtis

Background imageHenbane Collection: Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger

Henbane, Hyoscyamus niger. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

Background imageHenbane Collection: Black henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger

Black henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Dr. Willibald Artus Hand-Atlas sammtlicher mediinisch-pharmaceutischer Gewachse

Background imageHenbane Collection: Curtis British Entomology Plate 486

Curtis British Entomology Plate 486
Coleoptera: Macronema unimaculata = Psilliodes chalcomera (Thigh-spotted Altica) [Plant: Hyoscyamus niger (Common Henbane)] Date: 1824-39

Background imageHenbane Collection: Plants / Hyoscyamus Niger

Plants / Hyoscyamus Niger
HENBANE, HOGBEAN French : Jusquiame Date: late 19th century

Background imageHenbane Collection: Henbane, Hyosicamus niger, and thorn apple

Henbane, Hyosicamus niger, and thorn apple, Datura stramonium.. Handcolored botanical copperplate engraving from Joshua Hamiltons Culpepers English Family Physician; or Medical Herbal Enlarged

Background imageHenbane Collection: Henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger

Henbane or stinking nightshade, Hyoscyamus niger.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Background imageHenbane Collection: White henbane, Hyoscyamus albus

White henbane, Hyoscyamus albus.. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard from Herbier de la France, Paris, 1780

Background imageHenbane Collection: Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, and henbane

Christmas rose, Helleborus niger, and henbane, Hyoscyamus niger.. Christmas rose, Helleborus niger 1, and henbane, Hyoscyamus niger

Background imageHenbane Collection: Hyoscyamus niger, henbane

Hyoscyamus niger, henbane
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageHenbane Collection: Hyoscyamus aureus, golden flowered henbane

Hyoscyamus aureus, golden flowered henbane
Folio 41 from A Collection of Flowers (1795) by John Edwards. Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageHenbane Collection: HENBANE

HENBANE
Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger), is wild, poisonous plant, often used for medicinal purposes. Date: 1930s

Background imageHenbane Collection: Hyoscyamus Niger

Hyoscyamus Niger
HENBANE French : jusquiame noir


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