Conium maculatum L. 50+ PCS fresh seeds, Hemlock, Poison hemlock, Wild hemlock, Herb seeds, Flower herb, herb, Organic seeds

🌱 Conium maculatum L. — Hemlock, Poison hemlock, Wild hemlock, Herb seeds

Conium maculatum L. is a biennial herbaceous plant sold as 50+ PCS fresh seeds. This plant belongs to the Apiaceae family and is known for its highly toxic properties. It has an unpleasant mouse smell and is a very poisonous plant.

🌿 Botanical Description

Conium maculatum L. is a biennial herbaceous plant with a tall stem (60-180 cm). The root is powerful, fusiform, whitish. The stem is glabrous, branched, finely furrowed, hollow, with a bluish bloom and reddish-brown spots. The leaves (lower) petioles are broadly triangular, thrice pinnate, rather large (30-60 cm long), the middle and upper ones are smaller, with a very short petiole – almost sessile, with narrow sheaths, their terminal lobes are pinnately incised or separate. The flowers are small, almost white, collected in complex umbels forming a corymbose-paniculate inflorescence. The perianth is double, 5-membered. Stamens are also 5, alternating with petals. Pistil with a lower double-nest ovary. The fruit is a two-seeded, splitting into two fruits (mericarpy). Secretory tubules are absent in mature fruits. Blooms in May-June.

🌾 Growing & Agrotechnics

• Sow seeds 1-2 cm deep in well-draining soil in early spring or late summer/early fall. Stratification is required for 30-60 days at 1-5°C (34-41°F) before sowing.
• Germination temperature: 15-20°C (59-68°F), germination time: 1-3 weeks.
• Soil type: well-draining, pH: 6.0-7.0.
• Watering and fertilization: keep the soil consistently moist during the germination period. Avoid overwatering.
• USDA Hardiness Zone: 4-8, frost tolerance: moderate.

🗺️ Natural Growing Areas

Conium maculatum L. is found almost throughout the European part (except the Far North), in the Caucasus, in Western Siberia. It grows on forest edges, flood meadows, limestone slopes, as a weed in crops and vegetable gardens, on deposits and wastelands, near housing, near roads and fences, in landfills, on the slopes of ravines, along railways.

✨ Interesting Facts

For medicinal purposes, the grass (stems, leaves, flowers) of the spotted hemlock is usually used. Raw materials are harvested during flowering and the beginning of seed formation (June - July). The leaves and stem are harvested during flowering, immature seeds are plucked together with umbrellas. Dry the grass in the shade under a canopy or in dryers at temperatures up to 40 ° C. Seeds in umbrellas are also dried, then the seeds are carefully separated from the umbels.