Species

Conium maculatum

Etymology

maculatum: From the Latin maculatus 'blotched'

Common Name(s)

hemlock

Family

Apiaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

CONMAC

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Habitat

Waste land, especially damp locations (DoC, 1998) Riverbed, pastoral, forest margin. Poisonous.

Similar Taxa

has an offensive odour when crushed.

Flowering

September, October, November, December, January

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1872

Origin

Europe, Asia, N. Africa

Reproduction
reproduces by seed

Poisonous plant:
One of the most poisonous plants in New Zealand. All parts are poisonous if eaten.







This page last updated on 6 May 2011