Spotted Water Hemlock Cicuta maculata Apiaceae (Parsley Family) Home     Plant Index    Details     Range Map ____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

White Umbels of  Flowers  Bracts on Each Cluster of Flowers Leaf Veins End at the Bottom of Leaf Serrations Which Distinguish the Plant from Others in the SameFamily    Leaves Illustration USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913.  An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 658. Photo Details - ©Nicky Davis Located Charleston, Utah in a wetland by the Provo River Restoration area. Elevation 5427 feet N. 40.28.60, W. 111.28.21 Characteristics One of the most poisonous plants in North America, bracts, leaves alternate, pinnately divided,  leaf veins end at the bottom of leaf serrations which distinguish the plant from others in the same family, White flowers in compound stemmed umbels mostly flat on top. ("Weeds of the West" 9th Edition, 2002)