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Poison Hemlock | Conium maculatum

Biennial; bright green and shiny fern-like leaves. Stout, hollow, rigid, purple-spotted stems. Flowers in numerous small, umbrella-shaped clusters of tiny white flowers.

Plant Details

Habitat NotesRoadsides, field borders, hiking tails, stream banks, irrigation ditches, riparian woodlands and open floodplains of streams and rivers.
Mature Height3-8’