Conium maculatum

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Poisonous plant

Common name

hemlock

Family

Apiaceae

Authority

Conium maculatum L.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

NVS code

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CONMAC

Habitat

Waste land, especially damp locations (DoC, 1998) Riverbed, pastoral, forest margin. Poisonous.

Similar taxa

has an offensive odour when crushed.

Flowering

September, October, November, December, January

Flower colours

White

Year naturalised

1872

Origin

Europe, Asia, N. Africa

Etymology

maculatum: From the Latin maculatus ‘blotched’

Reproduction
reproduces by seed

Poisonous plant:
One of the most poisonous plants in New Zealand. All parts are poisonous if eaten.

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