Characteristics
Dicots
Cicuta maculata L.
SPOTTED WATER HEMLOCK
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Ingestion of this species has caused several deaths (Gompertz 1926; Heath 2001). The plant contains cicutoxin (Konoshima & Lee 1986), a polyyne that likely antagonizes GABA-A receptors (Green et al. 2015).
Native
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (DEP)
Citation
CICUTA MACULATA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 256. 1753.
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VIRGINIA: Without data, Kalm s.n. (lectotype: LINN 361.3). Lectotypified by Fernald, Rhodora 41: 440-441. 1939.
Species Distribution Map
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