Common name:
Hemlock
Family:
Scientific name:
Conium maculatum
Main flower color:
Range:
Across most of Wales and England; absent only in higher elevation areas
Height:
Up to 2 m
Habitat:
Damp ground; woodland, roadsides, fields, streambanks
Flowers:
Small, five-petalled, white, in compound umbels on top of the branched, hairless stems, which are dotted with purple blotches. Flower clusters are flat or slightly concave in shape, up to 5 cm in diameter, and typically contain between 10 and 20 rays, with both bracts, at the base of the umbel, and bracteoles, below the umbellets
Leaves:
Pinnately divided up to four times into narrow, pointed, fern-like leaflets
Season:
June to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
