Herb. No. 180 · Apiaceae
North American marshes and ditches. Habitat map so you can leave it.
Native · North America
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Water hemlock
Cicuta maculata
The wetland umbel that looks like parsley and kills like a seizure — a teaching plate so fennel, dill, and watercress have a named opposite.
Treat this as a poison-garden specimen. Read Safety before any use.
Water hemlock is a North American wetland Apiaceae. Cicutoxin causes violent seizures. The chambered rootstock is the most toxic part; a bite has killed. Purple-streaked stems and a parsley smell fool foragers who should have stayed home. This plate is identification only. Habitat, not a grow lab you need.
Flavor
Do not taste. A parsley-carrot smell is the trap.
Parts used
None. Teaching plate only.
Helpful
- Teaches the deadly umbel
Cautions
- Fatal at a taste
- Looks like food
- Wetland edges where people forage