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§1 Plant — species · Apiaceae

Conium maculatum L.

vernacular poison hemlock


USDA
COMA2
GBIF
3034807
Rank
species
poison hemlock (Conium maculatum)
Platephotograph · Kate BullockCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Biennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Apiaceae Lindl.
Genus
Conium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Introduced

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Montana distribution

Recorded in 33 of 56 Montana counties.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/COMA2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3034807 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25

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