Aethusa Collection

Poisonous Plants
Deadly Nightshade (Atropa Belladonna); Thorn Apple (Datura Stramonium); Henbane (Hyoscyamus Niger); Mezereon (Daphne Mezereum); Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium);

Fools parsley, hemlock and northern water hemlock
Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium 1, hemlock, Conium maculatum 2, and northern water hemlock, Cicuta virosa 3. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs Bilderbuch fur Kinder

Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium
5856011 Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium; (add.info.: Fool's parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Chromolithograph from Carl Lindman's "Bilder ur Nordens Flora")

Fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium
Fools parsley, fools cicely, or poison parsley, Aethusa cynapium. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley

Curtis British Entomology Plate 11
Coleoptera: Molorchus minor (Maculated Molorchus) [Plant: Aethusa cynapium (Fool?s Parsley)] Date: 1824-39

Common Poisonous Plants. Left To Right: Fools Parsley Or Lesser Hemlock (Aethusa Cynapium); Common Greater Or Spotted Hemlock (Conium Maculatum); Purple Foxglove Or Folksglove (Digitalis Purpurea)

Young plant of fools parsley, Aethusa cynapium, an annual arable and garden weed

Fools Parsley (Aethusa Cynapium), a poisonous European hedgerow plant. Date: 1930s

Plants / Aethusa Cynapium
Lesser Hemlock, or Fools Parsley

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Fools Parsley, scientifically known as Aethusa cynapium, is a common poisonous plant that can be easily mistaken for edible herbs. This annual arable and garden weed, also known as Lesser Hemlock, bears a striking resemblance to parsley and hemlock, including Northern Water Hemlock. The Curtis British Entomology Plate 11 and old botanical illustrations showcase the similarities between Fools Parsley and its deadly counterparts. Despite its deceptive appearance, all parts of this plant are toxic, containing alkaloids that can cause symptoms ranging from gastrointestinal issues to heart failure. Be sure to identify this plant correctly to avoid accidental poisoning. (#PoisonousPlants #FoolsParsley #AethusaCynapium #Botany #PlantIdentification) #Plants #AethusaCynapium