Photographer: Christopher Noll
Cicuta maculata L.
common water-hemlock, spotted water-hemlock
Cicuta: ancient Latin name of poison hemlock
maculata: Latin for "spotted" or "mottled"
|Plant: ||erect, perennial, 2'-7' tall, emerging, semi-aquatic forb; stems often branched, stout, hollow, partitioned inside, often purple spotted; tuberous, sweet-smelling, deadly poisonous roots|
|Flower: ||white, 5-parted; inflorescence a 3" flat-topped, compound umbel; blooms June-Aug.|
|Fruit:||rounded, ribbed, splitting into 2 seeds, - fruit: seed: |
|Leaf:||2-3 times pinnately-divided; separate, broad, toothed leaflets |
|Habitat: ||wet to moderate moisture; meadows, woods, marshes|