Description: Franklin Savanna Wisconsin State Natural Area #409 Milwaukee County. Date: 3 September 2016, 15:44. Source: Spotted Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata). Author: Joshua Mayer from Madison, WI, USA.
Description: English: Saskatchewan white water plant. Water parsnip, swamp parsnip, sium suave. OR Cicuta maculata Water Hemlock, Poison Hemlock. These two plants are confused with each other.. Water parsnip and water hemlock both have cluster of small white flowers shaped like umbrellas, and both have the same habitat near the shore line of lakes, and rivers. Water parsnip has leaves only once compound, and water hemlock has leaves which are three times compound. Water hemlock has a large swelling at the stem base. Water hemlock is highly poisonous. Water parsnip is not poisonous. From Traditional Plant Foods of Canadian Indigenous Peoples By Harriet V Kuhnlein, Nancy J.Cicuta maculata The water hemlock has bracts at the base of each small flower cluster, not at the base of the main flower head Wester Water Hemlock The Water parsnip has small bracts at the base of flowers and main flower head as well Water parsnip The Yarrow Achillea millefolium has feathery leaves. Source: Own work. Author: SriMesh.
Description: English: Photo of Cicuta maculata in flower. This is a native plant growing wild on Theodore Roosevelt Island, in Washington, D.C., USA. This species is a member of the Apiaceae family. Date: 9 July 2012, 19:05:39. Source: Own work. Author: Fritzflohrreynolds.
Description: Cicuta maculata, northwestern base of the Sacramento Mountains at Tularosa Creek on the east side of Bent, 33.158 -105.846, Otero County, New Mexico, 28 Jun 2017. Date: 28 June 2017, 08:13. Source: Cicuta maculata. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM. Camera location33° 09′ 28.8″ N, 105° 50′ 45.6″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 33.158000; -105.846000.
Description: Cicuta maculata, northwestern base of the Sacramento Mountains at Tularosa Creek on the east side of Bent, 33.158 -105.846, Otero County, New Mexico, 28 Jun 2017. Date: 28 June 2017, 08:22. Source: Cicuta maculata. Author: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM. Camera location33° 09′ 28.8″ N, 105° 50′ 45.6″ WView all coordinates using: OpenStreetMap 33.158000; -105.846000.
close up image of Cicuta maculata WATER HEMLOCK at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - a flower head in full bloom; petal, stigma, and anther detailThis species is featured in the soon-to-be-published book, Elusive Splendor: Wildflowers of the Prairie. Contact frank@black-sweater-art.com for more information.
close up image of Cicuta maculata WATER HEMLOCK at the James Woodworth Prairie Preserve - flower heads with seeds maturing, one last flower head just at full bloom