Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Conium maculatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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Poison-hemlock's leaves are large, cut fernlike, the outline triangular, the segments with narrow lobes. The somewhat similar Cicuta maculata has much broader leaflets that are not cut so deeply as to look "lacy". Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
All parts of the plant are highly toxic if ingested, causing respiratory failure in humans and other mammals, per Weakley's Flora (2022)
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conium maculatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-24-001:
Conium maculatum FAMILY Apiaceae
COMMON NAME:
Poison-hemlock
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Conium maculatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Conium maculatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 140-24-001:
Conium maculatum
FAMILY
Apiaceae
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