Conium maculatum
Poisonous plant
Common name
hemlock
Family
Apiaceae
Flora category
Vascular – Exotic
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CONMAC
Conservation status
Not applicable
Habitat
Waste land, especially damp locations (DoC, 1998) Riverbed, pastoral, forest margin. Poisonous.
Wetland plant indicator status rating
Information derived from the revised national wetland plant list prepared to assist councils in delineating and monitoring wetlands (Clarkson et al., 2021 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3975 for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council). The national plant list categorises plants by the extent to which they are found in wetlands and not ‘drylands’. The indicator status ratings are OBL (obligate wetland), FACW (facultative wetland), FAC (facultative), FACU (facultative upland), and UPL (obligate upland).
FAC: Facultative
Commonly occurs as either a hydrophyte or non-hydrophyte (non-wetlands).
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.