Conium maculatum

Poison Hemlock

[not native to the Mid-Atlantic area]

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Family: Apiaceae

Mid-Atlantic bloom time: May - June
Mid-Atlantic fruit ripe: June - July

CAUTION! All parts of Poison Hemlock are extremely toxic to humans and other mammals if injested. Reports of accidental poisoning have occurred when cutting it with string trimmers. In ancient Greece, hemlock was used to poison condemned prisoners, most famously Socrates.




5 May 2012
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Glen Echo, MD
10 June 2016
Manassas, VA
10 June 2016
Manassas, VA
10 June 2016
Manassas, VA
10 June 2016
Manassas, VA
(stem showing purple streaking and spotting)
     




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