poison hemlock

• Plante à fleurs très toxique (Conium maculatum) à l'odeur rance caractéristique et à la tige tachetée de violet, connue historiquement pour son usage dans les exécutions antiques, notamment pour la mort de Socrate.

A highly poisonous flowering plant (Conium maculatum) with a distinctive musty smell and purple-spotted stem, historically known for its use in ancient executions, most famously the death of Socrates.

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   A highly poisonous flowering plant (Conium maculatum) in the carrot family, native to Europe and North Africa, known for its toxic alkaloids.

   ciguë tachetée

   • Poison hemlock is often mistaken for wild carrot or parsley.
   • The ancient Greek philosopher Socrates was executed by drinking a poison hemlock concoction.
   • All parts of the poison hemlock plant are toxic to humans and animals.