Spotted hemlock Conium maculatum

Coniine is a poison found in the spotted hemlock, Conium maculatum. This type of hemlock is found commonly throughout the United States and the world, including SLO County. White disperse flowers on a long purple stalk are routinely mistaken for its nontoxic look-alike - the edible wild parsnip. It was a hemlock brew which Socrates... 

Coniine, a-propylpiperidine, is found in spotted hemlock— Conium maculatum (Apiaceae). It is a piperidine structure with a short ahphatic side chain, and is a volatile oily compound. Coniine is very toxic and causes death by paralysis. 

Flcckfieber, n. spotted fever, specif, typhus, fleckig, a. spotted, speckled, stained, mottled, flawy freckled. — — warden, spot, stain. Fleck Schlerling, m. poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). seife,/. scouring soap. stein,... 

Synonyms Conium maculatum, Umbelliferae family Spotted hemlock Deadly hemlock Poison parsley Poison stinkweed... 

Comum Fruit, Hemlock poison hemlock spotted hemlock poison parsley spotted cowbane, Full-grown, but unripe, carefully dried fruit of Conium maculatum L., Um-belUferae. Habit. Europe, Asia, naturalized in U.S. Constit. 0.5 15% coniine, conhydrine, pseudoconhydrine, methyl-coniine, ethylpi peri dine, comic acid, volatile and fixed oil. Has antispasmodic activity. 

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