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Hemlock spotted – where does it grow and what does it look like?
The full name of this plant – spotted hemlock – was obtained by him because of the characteristic reddish-brown spots that cover the hollow stem, reaching 1,8 m in height. Hemlock belongs to the Umbrella family, it is a two-year tall herb with triangular parsley-like leaves and small white flowers, in the place of which tiny rounded seeds ripen. They spill out of their umbrellas onto the ground, and ensure stable reproduction of the hemlock throughout its range. And this plant is found almost everywhere: from Africa and Asia to Northern Europe, moreover, the southern varieties of hemlock contain more biologically active substances than their northern counterparts.
Young hemlock can be inadvertently confused with parsley and severely poisoned. All parts of the plant are poisonous: leaves, roots, flowers, and seeds. A tall flowering hemlock bush in appearance strongly resembles a forest bush, with which inexperienced herbalists in the European part of Russia confuse it. Kupyr is harmless, but also useless, therefore, before deciding to harvest a hemlock for medicinal purposes, you need to get to know his photographs properly, or enlist the support of an experienced naturopathic pharmacist.
What does hemlock look like?
Консультация фитотерапевта Халисат Сулеймановой по применению болиголова, аконита и чистотела