Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cicuta maculata L. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Cicuta maculata var. bolanderi (S.Watson) G.A.Mulligan

Cicuta maculata var. maculata

Cicuta maculata var. victorinii (Fernald) B.Boivin

Cicuta maculata var. angustifolia Hook.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american water hemlock	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
beaver poison	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
children's bane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cicuta maculata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
common water hemlock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
muskrat weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
musquash-	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
musquashroot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poison parsnip	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted cowbane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted parsley	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted water hemlock	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
spotted water-hemlock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted waterhemlock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
water hemlock	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
water-hemlock	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cicuta virosa var. maculata (L.) J.M.Coult. & Rose Rev. N. Amer. Umbell.: 130 (1888).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cicuta maculata L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cicuta maculata L. var. maculata	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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