Common name
English: Enchanter's Nightshade
German: Großes Hexenkraut
Portuguese: Erva-das-feiticeiras
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Myrtales (80)
Family: Onagraceae (19)(family description)
Genus: Circaea (1)
Epithet: lutetiana L. (1)
Synonyms: Carlostephania major Bubani, Circaea vulgaris Moench
lutetiana => from Paris (Lutetia Parisiorum in latin)
major => larger than the type
vulgaris => common, everyday
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habit: herb
Flower colour: white
External links
Check for Circaea lutetiana at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1859] Circaea lutetiana - Prof. Dr. Otto Wilhelm Thomé: Flora von Deutschland Österreich und der Schweiz