Poison hemlock
Conium maculatum L.
other common names: snakeweed, St. Bennet’s–herb, poison parsley, wode-whistle, spotted parsley, bunk
Conium: from the Greek coneion, name of the hemlock by which Socrates was put to death in ancient Athens
Maculatum: from Latin, meaning “spotted” or “mottled”
Parsley family: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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