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Cuckoo pint leaves with speckles
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The latin name for Cuckoo pint is Arum maculatum. Maculatum means spotted and plants called ‘maculatum’ are said to have grown under the cross and been speckled with Christ’s blood.
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Cuckoo Pint leaves
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The bright green leaves of Cuckoo PInt (Arum maculatum) can look enticing among the sparse vegetation in March but it is better to leave them alone.
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Hemlock and cow parsley plants
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Hemlock
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Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is a biennial plant that grows in damp areas and also on drier rough grassland, roadsides, and disturbed ground. It is the plant everyone worries about picking. Hemlock looks very similar to Cow Parsley, Rough Chervil and Sweet Cicely. Close inspection of the stems shows they are different. The plant is tall. It can grow up to 2 metres high.
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Hemlock leaves
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This image shows the leaves of hemlock (Conium maculatum). They are a brighter green than cow parsley and have an iridescent appearance. When they are crushed, they release an unpleasant mousy smell.
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Hemlock stems
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Hemlock (Conium maculatum) is easy to differentiate from other umbelliferae plants by the red blotches on the smooth, hairless shiny stems.
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Hemlock flower
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Hemlock flowers are typical of umbelliferae. There are flat-topped flower clusters that are small and white.
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Cow Parsley- comparison with poison hemlock
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This picture was taken in May. On the left is the young hemlock plant (Conium maculatum). On the right is a young cow parsley plant (Anthriscus sylvestris). The plants were growing next to each other and illustrate the differences. The main stem and the leaf stems of hemlock are circular, smooth, pale green with reddish purples spots and blotches. The main stem of cow parsley is also circular but has longitudinal grooves. The leaf stems of the cow parsley have the characteristic celery-like groove and are slightly hairy. The colour of cow parsley stems varies from green to purple like the example shown in this picture.
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Hemlock- cut leaf stem
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The shape of the leaf stem is important to differentiate hemlock from other umbelliferae, such as cow parsley. The leaf stem of hemlock circular and hollow.
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Comparison of leaf stems of young hemlock and cow parsley plants
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This picture was taken in May. It shows two plants growing next to each other. The plant with the smooth, pale green, red-spotted leaf stems is hemlock (Conium maculatum). The plant with the grooved purple leaf stems is cow parsley (Anthriscus sylvestris).
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