Cicuta maculata

Cicuta maculata is a highly poisonous species of flowering plant in the carrot family known by several common names, including spotted water hemlock, spotted parsley, spotted cowbane, and the suicide root by the Iroquois. It is native to nearly all of North America, from northern Canada to southern Mexico.

Cicuta maculata

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Cicuta
Species:
C. maculata
Binomial name
Cicuta maculata
Synonyms

Cicuta bolanderi
Cicuta curtissii
Cicuta mexicana
Cicuta occidentalis

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