Conium — 1 species

Botanical species in the genus Conium recorded in the PlantPeers database.

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Conium maculatum

Conium maculatum

Family: Apiaceae

Cultivation

A fairly common weed in Britain, it succeeds in most soils in sun or light shade and avoids acid soils in the wild. It prefers a damp rich soil. This is the plant that Socrates is said to have used to kill himself, though this is probably an error.

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