She has over 20 years of experience working with cattle and crops. If you really feel you need to get rid of it, pulling it up (use rubber gloves) and burying or burning it is the best option. Deaths usually occur from respiratory paralysis a few hours after ingestion.Flowers are white and tiny, have 5 petals and 5 stamens that grow in umbrella like clusters 2 to 8 inches across. The stem is branching, smooth, hollow and often with purplish-green striations. "Thought I had encountered Giant Hogweed on my property.

Huge relief! " Turned out to be Wild (Prickly) Lettuce. The latter name will give you the top results of what water hemlock looks like, and will help you understand what to look for when identifying this species. Had I not students such a confusion would have never occurred to me as to me the two species don’t look alike at all. The leaves of a water hemlock will look like long feathers with a single leaf at the top of each branch. article helping me narrow down what I have found in my yard." It has a tuberous root with rootstalks that are multi-chambered and contain a yellowish oily liquid. confirmed it was not. When you look at the plant, take note of its height, as the water hemlock only grows between 2 feet and about 6 feet tall. Someone suggested it might be Water Hemlock.

This is a great Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata or Cicuta maculata (DC.)J.M. Water Hemlock & Bulblet-bearing Water Hemlock.