Index / Search / Hyoscyamus niger
§1 Plant
Hyoscyamus niger L.
vernacular black henbane — species · Solanaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual, Biennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Solanaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Hyoscyamus
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 186 counties across 21 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 186 counties across 21 states/territories.
Colorado view state ↗ 8 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 32 I ▾
- Bannock 16005
- Bear Lake 16007
- Benewah 16009
- Bingham 16011
- Blaine 16013
- Bonneville 16019
- Butte 16023
- Camas 16025
- Caribou 16029
- Cassia 16031
- Clark 16033
- Clearwater 16035
- Custer 16037
- Elmore 16039
- Franklin 16041
- Fremont 16043
- Gem 16045
- Idaho 16049
- Jefferson 16051
- Jerome 16053
- Latah 16057
- Lemhi 16059
- Lewis 16061
- Lincoln 16063
- Madison 16065
- Minidoka 16067
- Nez Perce 16069
- Oneida 16071
- Owyhee 16073
- Power 16077
- Teton 16081
- Twin Falls 16083
Illinois view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Maine view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 5 I ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 6 I ▾
Montana view state ↗ 42 I ▾
- Beaverhead 30001
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Broadwater 30007
- Carbon 30009
- Cascade 30013
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Deer Lodge 30023
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Jefferson 30043
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lake 30047
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Lincoln 30053
- Madison 30057
- Mineral 30061
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Petroleum 30069
- Pondera 30073
- Powder River 30075
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Rosebud 30087
- Sanders 30089
- Sheridan 30091
- Silver Bow 30093
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 2 I ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 1 I ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 I ▾
New York view state ↗ 8 I ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 14 I ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 10 I ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 2 I ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 4 I ▾
Utah view state ↗ 13 I ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 I ▾
Washington view state ↗ 9 I ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/HYNI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2928978 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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