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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.