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  1. Conium maculatum - Wikipedia

    • Conium maculatum, known as hemlock (British English) or poison hemlock (American English), is a highly poisonous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa. It is herbaceous without woody parts and has a biennial lifecycle. A hardy plant capable of living in a variety of environments, hemlock is widely naturalised in lo… See more

    Poison Hemlock: The Deadly Plant That Killed Socrates
    Poison Hemlock: The Deadly Plant That Killed Socrates
    How to Identify Hemlock, a Deadly Plant
    How to Identify Hemlock, a Deadly Plant
    Description

    Conium maculatum is a herbaceous flowering plant that grows to 1.5–2.5 metres (5–8 feet) tall, exceptionally 3.6 m (12 ft). All parts of the plant are hairless (glabrous). Hemlock has a smooth, green, hollow stem, usually spo… See more

    Taxonomy

    The genus name "Conium" refers to koneios, the Greek word for 'spin' or 'whirl', alluding to the dizzying effects of the plant's poison after ingestion. In the vernacular, "hemlock" most commonly refers to the species C. … See more

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