Conium maculatum, commonly known as hemlock (British English) or poison hemlock (in North America), is a highly poisonous flowering plant and a nitrophile weed species in the carrot family Apiaceae.
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Is it poisonous?
Considered toxic. Public sources list it as such; we have not verified this individually. All parts of the plant contain γ-coniceine and its derivative coniine, as well as similar alkaloids, which are toxic to all mammals and many other organisms. Ingestion can cause stomach pain, vomiting, and progressive… Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Chaerophyllum bulbosum
- Anthriscus nemorosus
- Anthriscus sylvestris
- Sphallerocarpus gracilis
- Anthriscus caucalis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Apiales
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Conium
- Species
- Conium maculatum
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