Plants : ApiaceaeFerns and Flowering Plants

Conium maculatum L.

Hemlock

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Conium maculatum

Description: A tall umbelliferous plant resembling the much more common hedge parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris) but differing by having dark blotches on the stems. It often grows by streams running onto the upper seashore, but also occurs in hedgebanks and on roadsides.

Very poisonous!

All names: Conium maculatum L.

Distribution Map from NBN: Conium maculatum at National Biodiversity Network mapping facility, data for UK.

iNaturalist: Conium maculatum at iNaturalist World Species Observations database.

 Hackney, P., 2026. Conium maculatum. L.. [In] Flora of Northern Ireland.
https://habitas.org/flora/species.php?item=3655. Accessed on 2026-11-02.