A tall elegant wildflower with fern like foliage and lace like flower heads. Highly poisonous plant with a history of medicinal uses. A narcotic plant used to sedate and also relieve pain. Habitat mainly damp soils, woodland edges and waste ground. Hemlock is subject to legal restrictions in some countries, please check your local laws. Hgt 50-250cm Flowers June to July, Perennial, Conium maculatum - Poison Parsley, Cowbane, Baldiran. POISONOUS.