water hemlock
Toxic wetland plant
Water hemlock is a highly poisonous plant of the carrot family, native to wet areas of North America and Europe.
All parts contain cicutoxin, a convulsant that can kill within hours of ingestion.
Despite its name, it is unrelated to poison hemlock—the plant that killed Socrates—though both are deadly.
Foragers sometimes mistake water hemlock roots for wild parsnips.
Having soft green stems
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- cowbaneToxic marsh plant
- stalkPlant's vertical support
root · rhizome · tuber · inflorescence · umbel · floret · leaflet · petiole
Able to cause expiration
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- toxicityCapacity to cause harm
- neurotoxinPoison attacking neural tissue
convulsant · seizure · poisoning · toxic · venomous · noxious · virulent · dangerous
herbaceous
Having soft green stems
- wildflowerUncultivated flowering plant
- vegetationPlant life collectively
- cowbaneToxic marsh plant
stalk · root · rhizome · tuber · inflorescence · umbel · floret · leaflet · petiole · perennial
deadly
Able to cause expiration
neurotoxin · convulsant · seizure · poisoning · toxic · venomous · noxious · virulent · dangerous · harmful
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
streambank · ditch · pond · creek · riverbank · riparian · aquatic · mire · slough · floodplain
parsley
Culinary herb for garnishing
fennel · anise · cumin · caraway · lovage · angelica · chervil · cilantro · hogweed · wild carrot
- hazardous substancescyanide, arsine, mustard gas, nerve gas, phosgene
- poisonsarsenic, cyanide, strychnine, belladonna, nightshade
- toxic foodsdeath cap, deadly nightshade, belladonna, amanita, fugu
- wetland plantspapyrus, bulrush, cattail, bulrushes, sedge
- umbellifersparsley, carrot, celery, dill, fennel
- Plant Toxinsricin, oleander, foxglove, deadly nightshade, nightshade
water hemlockedible plants
Consumable botanical matter
medicinal herbs · salad greens · culinary herbs · healing plants · food crops
water hemlockchamomile
Soothing herbal infusion plant
echinacea · ginseng · aloe vera · healing herbs · medicinal plants
water hemlockparsley
Culinary herb for garnishing
wild carrot · Queen Anne's lace · chervil · angelica · carrot