COMMON POISON-HEMLOCK

Class: Conium maculatum

Family: PARSLEY FAMILY

Sub Family: Apiaceae, Umbelliferae

Year: Biennial

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Colour: White

Height: 60 cm-3 m (2-10')

Each Flower: 3 mm (1/8") across, 5 tiny, heart-shaped petals; 5 white stamens a little longer than petals. Below each large flower-cluster several pointed bracts each with dark green central band

Leaves: On thin stalks sheathing main stem, blades divide into several pairs of opposite lobes and a terminal one; lobes again divide into several opposite, tiny, toothed lobes giving fern-like effect, lower leaves opposite, upper ones alternate at stem-branches

Stems: Stout, ribbed, green-purple, spotted, and hollow; freely branched

Blooming Period: May - August

Habitat: Damp roadsides, ditches and waste ground

Note:

Poisonous