Posted by Nosferatumyia on 13-05-2010 15:23
#6
Indeed, Linnaeus certainly called it after
Hyoscyamus. However, it has nothing to do with it: maggots live in the flower heads of midsized thistles like Ca
rduus crispus, C. acanthoides (not C. nutans!). I can believe that someone's who collected them, considered thistle dry seed heads as the
Hyoscyamus fruits, which are also quite prickly.