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Small white inflorescence of this famous highly poisonous plant

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Cowparsley and butter cup flowering together

Water parsnip growing beside a boardwalk trail in Ontario, Canada.

Hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) is a quite common riverside British wild flower, which may have originated in North Africa and south-western Europe. It is poisonous, and is seen here growing in a stream in a park in Merton, Surrey, England. 'There are numerous reports of people mistaking the extremely poisonous (Oenanthe crocata) for wild celery or parsnips and dying within a week or so.' One group of fatalities involved some French prisoners of war on parole in Pembrokeshire, Wales, who were unfamiliar with the local wild flowers.

Blooming wild flowers on background of green grass, spring.

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Ants crawl on the inflorescences Garden Angelica in the spring.

Macro photo of Hemlock Flower Head (Conium Maculatum).

white Queen Anne's lace flower against green background

Soft and lush white Angelica flowers, shallow focus. Square format.

$Medium to tall, rather bristly biennial; stem erect, purple or purple spotted. Leaves 2-3 pinnate, dark green, but eventually turning purple; leaflets oval, toothed. Flowers white, 2mm, in compound umbels which are nodding in bud, the petals hairless; bracts usually absent, bracteoles hairy. Fruit oblong, tapered towards the apex, 4-7mm, often purple.\nHabitat: Rough grassland, semi shaded places, on well drained soils, generally in low attitudes.\nFlowering Season: May-July.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe; absent from the Faeroes, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Spitsbergen.\n\nThis is a common Species in the Netherlands for the described Habitats.\nToxicity:\nChaerophyllum temulum contains (mainly in the upper parts and fruits) a volatile alkaloid chaerophylline, as well as other (probably glycosidally bound) toxins, the chemistry and pharmacology of which has, as yet, been but little studied. Externally, the sap of the plant can cause inflammation of the skin and persistent rashes. If consumed, the plant causes gastro-intestinal inflammation, drowsiness, vertigo and cardiac weakness. Human poisonings have seldom been observed, because the plant lacks aromatic essential oils that could lead to its being confused with edible umbellifers used to flavour food. It is, however, used occasionally in folk medicine. Animal poisonings by the plant are commoner than those of humans, pigs and cattle thus intoxicated exhibiting a staggering gait, unsteady stance, apathy and severe, exhausting colic, ending sometimes in death. \nHerbal medicine:\nChaerophyllum temulum has been used in folk medicine, in small doses, to treat arthritis, dropsy, and chronic skin complaints, and as a spring tonic. The early modern physician Boerhaave (1668–1738) once successfully used a decoction of the herb combined with Sarsaparilla to treat a woman suffering from leprosy – in the course of which treatment temporary blindness was a severe side effect following each dose (source Wikipedia).$

Detail of the juvenile flowers and foliage of a vulgar chervil with glabrous fruits (Anthriscus caucalis). Blurred vegetation in the background. Bourgogne-franche-Comté, France. April 2021

The blossom of a Deadly Hemlock (ConiumÂ maculatum) taken as a macro shot.

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$Stout medium to tall, rather bristly biennial or short-lived perennial, to 2.5m; stem hollow, ridged. Leaves pinnate with often 5 broad, lobed and toothed segments, bristly; upper leaves with large inflated bases. Flowers white, rarely pink, 5-10mm, in large umbels up to 15cm across with 12-25 rays; petals of outer flowers very unequal; bracts few or absent. Fruit elliptical to rounded, 7-10mm, flattened and broadly winged.\nHabitat: Open woodland, banks and rough grassland.\nFlowering Season: April-September.\nDistribution: Throughout Europe, except the extreme north.\n\nGenerally the commonest umbellifer flowering during the (late) summer and quite variable.$

Wild white British flowers in the countryside

Queen Anne's Lace, Daucus carota (Family Apiaceae) with an insect resting on the lower part of the flower, and facing viewer

Inflorescence of a herb of Hemlock or Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) close up

Untouched nature. When a small piece of cultivated land is left alone for a year during the summer, a remarkable transformation takes place. wildflowers begins to emerge, painting the landscape with vibrant hues. Native plants reclaim their territory and bring biodiversity back to the area. Buried seeds from seasons past awaken, shooting up.

High mountain wildflowers, Sierra de Gredos

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