Common Name: spotted water hemlock, spotted cowbaneScientific Name: Cicuta maculata L.Family Name: Apiaceae (Umbelliferae) - Carrot FamilyIdentification NotesLife Cycle native biennial or perennial, reproducing by seed and tubers Stemsupright, branched, stout, smooth, hollow, ridged, often spotted with purple streaks, purple nodes, hollow stem base cavity with horizontal pithy “dividers”, single or multiple form base Leavesalternate, 2 or 3 times pinnately compound, smooth, leaflets lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate and toothed, lower long petioled, upper short petioled, petioles clasping the stem Flowers5-petaled, white, small, compound umbel; axillary and terminal