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Conium maculatum L.

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Conium maculatum L., Sp. Pl. 243 (1753)
Conium maculatum L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
243
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Conium maculatum L.
species
Conium maculatum

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maculatum

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Conium maculatum L.

Erect annual or biennial, with foetid odour when crushed. Stems hollow, striate, up to 2-(3) m high, usually light green and purple spotted or blotched, sometimes tinged purplish or pink, particularly toward base. Lvs 2-4-pinnate; ultimate segments narrowly or broadly ovate to deltoid, pinnatisect or serrate, 5-40 mm long; petioles light green and purple blotched when mature; stem lvs similar to basal, but shortly petiolate and 1-3-pinnate. Umbels 1-8 cm diam.; rays 4-16; bracts c. 4-8, narrow-triangular, acuminate, reflexed; bracteoles 3-6, triangular, confined to outer side of umbellets. Fls numerous, white, c. 2 mm diam. Fr. dark brown, 2.5-3 mm long; ribs slender, light brown, often crenulate.

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Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.
Conium maculatum L.

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Conium maculatum L.
France
Conium maculatum L.
New Zealand
Conium maculatum L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Conium maculatum L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Conium maculatum L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Conium maculatum L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Conium maculatum L.
United Kingdom

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0fa87140-1d99-4559-911d-f53c86a87797
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 November 2013
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