Apiaceae
Mackenzie's water hemlock
Cicuta virosa
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Genus
- Cicuta
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Common names
By language (41)
- Arabic
- شوكران سام, شكران مائي, شيكران مائي, قاتل البقر
- Armenian
- Մոլեխինդ թունավոր
- arz
- شوكران سام
- azb
- زهرلی سوبالدیرغانی
- Azerbaijani
- Zəhərli subaldırğanı
- Basque
- Uretako astaperrexil
- Belarusian
- Цыкута ядавiтая
- Bulgarian
- Воняща цикута
- Cantonese
- 毒芹
- Catalan
- Ciguë vireuse
- Chinese
- 毒芹, 毒芹根, 宽叶毒芹, 宽叶毒芹*(宽裂叶毒芹）
- cv
- Наркăмăшлă упа кĕпçи
- Czech
- Rozpuk jízlivý, Rozpuk
- Danish
- Gifttyde
- Dutch
- Waterscheerling
- English
- Mackenzie's water hemlock, Cowbane, European waterhemlock, Northern water hemlock
- Esperanto
- Akvocikuto
- Estonian
- Harilik mürkputk
- Finnish
- Myrkkykeiso, Eläintenmyrkky, Keisanputki, Keisonputki, Keisoputki, Myrkkyputki, Velhonputki, Vesiputki
- French
- Ciguë aquatique, Ciguë vireuse, Cigue aquatique
- frr
- Gaalrut
- German
- Wasserschierling, Gift-Wasserschierling, Ciguë vireuse, Wüterich
- Greek
- Ψευδοκώνειο, Κικούτα η δηλητηριώδης, Κικούτα η τοξική
- gv
- Aghaue veg
- Hungarian
- Gyilkos csomorika, Csomorika, Vízibürök
- Icelandic
- Beiskjusveipur
- Irish
- Fealla bog
- Japanese
- ドクゼリ, 毒芹
- Korean
- 독미나리
- Lithuanian
- Nuodingoji nuokana, Ciguë vireuse
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Selsnepe, Sprengrot
- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Selsnepe
- os
- Куыдзы хъонтхора
- Persian
- شوکران آبی شمالی
- Polish
- Szalej jadowity
- Russian
- Вёх ядовитый, Вех, Вех ядовитый, Веха, Водяная бешеница, Водяной болиголов, Вёх, Кошачья петрушка
- Slovak
- Rozpuk jedovatý
- Slovenian
- Velika trobelika
- Swedish
- Sprängört, Ciguë vireuse
- Ukrainian
- Цикута отруйна
- Welsh
- Buladd
Synonyms
- Cicuta angustifolia Kit.
- Cicuta baldacciana Degen ex Bald.
- Cicuta cellulosa Gilib.
- Cicuta mackenzieana Raup
- Cicuta nipponica Franch.
- Cicuta orientalis Degen
- Cicuta pumila F.Behm
- Cicuta tenuifolia Schrank
- Cicuta virosa f. angustifolia (Kit.) Schube
- Cicuta virosa f. angustifolia (Kit.) Regel
- Cicuta virosa f. latisecta (Čelak.) Y.C.Chu
- Cicuta virosa f. longiinvolucellata Chu
- Cicuta virosa var. angustifolia (Kit. ex Schult.) Schltdl.
- Cicuta virosa var. angustisecta Čelak.
- Cicuta virosa var. intermedia Glaab
- Cicuta virosa var. latifolia Schltdl.
- Cicuta virosa var. latisecta Čelak.
- Cicuta virosa var. nipponica (Franch.) Makino
- Cicuta virosa var. orientalis Degen & Bald.
- Cicuta virosa var. stricta Schultz
- Cicuta virosa var. tenuifolia (Schrank) Roth
- Cicuta virosa var. virosa
- Cicutaria aquatica Lam.
- Cicutaria virosa Delarbre
- Coriandrum cicuta Roth
- Selinum virosum E.H.L.Krause
- Sium cicuta [Weber,]
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.