CAUTION. POISONOUS. INGESTION CAN BE LETHAL.
AVOID CONTACT WITH SKIN. JUICE IS HIGHLY TOXIC.
A 5' to 10' freely branched biennial with purple-
spotted stems, pinnately compound leaves (3-4 times)
and terminal and lateral compound umble blooms. It
can be found on roadsides, fence rows, along railroad
tracks and in other waste places blooming from May -
June in Middle Tennessee. Flowers are white and the
leaves have a weird off scent when bruised.
The genus name is from coneion, the Greek name of the
Old World Poison Hemlock of classical antiquity used
in the execution of Socrates.