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Henbane

Hyoscyamus niger

239Records since 2000
JulyPeak month
31Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr4
May21
Jun53
Jul64
Aug43
Sep35
Oct13
Nov4
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England18
2Cambridgeshire England13
3Norfolk England12
4Essex England11
5Gloucestershire England7
6Cumbria England7
7Devon England5
8Pembrokeshire Wales4
9East Lothian Scotland4
10Fife Scotland4
11Dorset England3
12Herefordshire, County of England3
13Lincolnshire England2
14Somerset England2
15Milton Keynes England2
147 England8 Scotland10 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 31 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
239
Peak month
July
Counties with records
31
Scientific name
Hyoscyamus niger
Group
Flowering plants
NBN Atlas records since 2000
860
Conservation designations
GB Red List (2001 IUCN criteria), Scottish Biodiversity List
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Solanaceae
Genus
Hyoscyamus
Name with authority
Hyoscyamus niger L.

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q161058 · GBIF 2928978