APIACEAE - - Carrot Family

Conium maculatum Linnaeus — Poison-hemlock

Habitat:

Ditches, roadsides, streambanks, disturbed areas; native of Eurasia. All parts of the plant are highly toxic if ingested, causing respiratory failure in humans and other mammals.

Habitat information from:
Weakley, Alan S., Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, Working Draft of 21 May 2015.

Kartesz, J.T., The Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2015. North American Plant Atlas. (http://bonap.net/napa). Chapel Hill, N.C. [maps generated from Kartesz, J.T. 2015. Floristic Synthesis of North America, Version 1.0. Biota of North America Program (BONAP). (in press)].