[Next]  [Previous]   [Floral Formula]  [Lecture Text]

Apiaceae

 21-Cicuta habit

[FMP-field: image]
Some plants in the Apiaceae are deadly poisonous. This is the native Water Hemlock, Cicuta maculata. A small piece of the root contains enough poison to kill a person.
Photo by K. R. Robertson along the 12 Mile Prairie south of Effingham, Illinois.
[Next]  [Previous]   [Floral Formula]  [Lecture Text]