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  2. Conium maculatum - Wikipedia

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    Conium maculatum, known as hemlock (British English) or poison hemlock (American English), is a highly poisonous flowering plant in the carrot family Apiaceae, native to Europe and North Africa. It is herbaceous without woody parts and has a biennial lifecycle. A hardy plant capable of living in a variety of environments, hemlock is widely ...

  3. Conium - Wikipedia

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    Conium maculatum (poison hemlock) is infamous in its use as a poison. [35] [36] A small overdose of extract of the plant causes paralysis with higher toxic doses causing a ceasing of respiratory function followed by death. [31] Poison hemlock was historically used in official executions and assassinations. [37]

  4. List of poisonous plants - Wikipedia

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    hemlock, poison hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, bad-man's oatmeal, poison snakeweed, beaver poison Apiaceae: All parts of the plant contain γ-coniceine and its derivative coniine, as well as similar alkaloids, which are toxic to all mammals and many other organisms.

  5. What is poison hemlock? What to know about this pretty but ...

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    Here's what you need to know about some of the more common plants to stay away from, like poison hemlock, poison ivy and poison oak. ... like poison hemlock, poison ivy and poison oak.

  6. Poison hemlock, wild parsnips are invasive to Ohio. How to ...

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    The biennial herbaceous plant poison hemlock, a member of the carrot family, was brought to North America as an ornamental plant from Europe, its native region, according to the Minnesota ...

  7. Potentially deadly poison hemlock is back. Now is the time to ...

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    The Cleveland Clinic says that poisoning can occur after ingesting even small amounts of poison hemlock. "Alkaloids (in the plant) slowly poison your neuromuscular junctions, which send messages ...

  8. Coniine - Wikipedia

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    Coniine is a poisonous chemical compound, an alkaloid present in and isolable from poison hemlock (Conium maculatum), where its presence has been a source of significant economic, medical, and historico-cultural interest; coniine is also produced by the yellow pitcher plant (Sarracenia flava), and fool's parsley (Aethusa cynapium).

  9. Poison hemlock grows across Washington state. Here’s ... - AOL

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    Poison hemlock is a stout, erect plant with a center stalk and light green stems and fern-like leaves that can grow up to 12 feet tall in Washington state’s temperate climate and rich volcanic ...