Hemlock Water Dropwort
Taken at Balloch on 23rd June 2015 using Panasonic Lumix LX5 in long shot.
Fact File


Hemlock Water Dropwort.               
Species:
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Habit:
AKA: 		Oenanthe crocata.
Apiales.
Apiaceae.
Perennial.
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Feature:
 Damp ground, in marshes or in water.
1 - 2 mts.
June - July.
Highly poisonous.
No British wild plant has been responsible for more fatal accidents. This plant is the most likely candidate for the "sardonic herb," which was a neurotoxic plant used for the ritual killing of elderly people in pre-Roman Sardinia.