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This genus is accepted, and its native range is Macaronesia to Sahara and NE. Tropical Africa, Temp. Eurasia.
Hyoscyamus albus

[FSOM]

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Distribution
Genus of some 30 species in Europe, northern to north-eastern Africa, and eastwards to China.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit a capsule dehiscing by a lid and enclosed by the enlarged calyx
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds flattened, kidney-shaped to almost round, minutely pitted.
Morphology General Habit
Herbs, often glandular hairy and viscid
Morphology Leaves
Leaves alternate, simple
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Flowers in bracteate spike-like or raceme-like cymes, or solitary
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx campanulate to tubular, dentate, enlarged in fruit
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla usually broadly funnel-shaped, with obtuse lobes
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
Stamens inserted near base of corolla-tube, usually ± exserted
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary 2-celled, with numerous ovules; stigma capitate

Native to:

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Central European Rus, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Chita, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Gulf States, Hungary, India, Inner Mongolia, Iran, Iraq, Irkutsk, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Kuwait, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Madeira, Mali, Manchuria, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, Niger, North Caucasus, North European Russi, Northwest European R, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, Sinai, Somalia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Western Sahara, Xinjiang, Yemen, Yugoslavia

Introduced into:

Colorado, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Myanmar, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Vermont, Victoria, Wisconsin, Yakutskiya

Hyoscyamus Tourn. ex L. appears in other Kew resources:

First published in Sp. Pl.: 179 (1753)

Accepted by

  • Schönbeck-Temesy, E. (1972). Flora Iranica 100: 1-82. Naturhistorisches Museums Wien.

Literature

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Flora of Somalia
Flora of Somalia
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Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2021. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0