Poisonous White Flower Hemlock. Water parsnip Sium suave is not poisonous and has toothed lanceolate leaflets. The stems are ribbed and hollow with purplish streaks or splotches.
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Both plants have small white flowers and bloom between June and August.
Poison hemlock is a biennial which means it takes two years for it to flower and go to seed. After maturity the fruit turns grayish brown. This plant is highly poisonous. Poison-hemlock has white flowers that grow in small erect clusters.