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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 ...
Conium maculatum (poison hemlock) is infamous in its use as a poison. [35] [36] A small overdose of extract of the plant causes paralysis with higher toxic doses causing a ceasing of respiratory function followed by death. [31] Poison hemlock was historically used in official executions and assassinations. [37]
Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum L.) has been spreading like wildfire throughout Greater Columbus (and much of Ohio) in recent years, and if it has taken root on your property, now is the best ...
Poison hemlock has emerged in Ohio, and if left unmanaged during the next two months, they will grow into giants up to 10 feet tall. Their sap is poisonous and harmful to humans and animals.
How do poison hemlock and wild parsnip harm humans? Poison hemlock is toxic when ingested through the mouth, nose, or eyes. Ingestion can cause nervous trembling, salivation, pupil dilation, rapid ...
Here's what you need to know about some of the more common plants to stay away from, like poison hemlock, poison ivy and poison oak.
Cicuta maculata is a highly poisonous species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, and spotted cowbane. It is native to nearly all of North America, from northern Canada to southern Mexico.
Poison hemlock plants are back in Central Ohio: Here's what you need to know about North America's deadliest plant