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water hemlocks
Cicuta
Cicuta, commonly known as water hemlock, is a small genus of four species of highly poisonous plants in the family Apiaceae. They are perennial herbaceous plants which grow up to 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) tall, having distinctive small green or white flowers arranged in an umbrella shape (umbel). Plants in this genus may also be referred to as cowbane or poison parsnip. Cicuta is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, mainly North America and Europe,...
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
A New Distribution of Umbelliferous Plants
Robert Morison · 1672 · p.135
Introductio Generalis in Rem Herbariam
Augustus Quirinus Rivinus · 1690 · p.484
On the Virtues of Herbs
Macer Floridus · 1150 · p.283
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.110
Garden of Health
1507 · p.90
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.440
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.438
On Medical Materials in Six Books
Dioscorides · 1550 · p.574
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.546
De medicinali materia libri sex
Dioscorides · 1552 · p.582
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.701
History of Plants in Four Books
Valerius Cordus · 1561 · p.344
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 60126.