How To Identify Poison Hemlock ☠️ Save this post to return to the ID tips throughout the season and share it so others know how to identify it! 😵 Poison hemlock (Conium maculatum, Apiaceae) is a deadly poisonous plant in the carrot family. It has killed adults and children from accidental and intentional poisoning. Foragers have died from eating the plant, thinking they were wild carrots. DO NOT INGEST OR TOUCH THE PLANT. People confuse wild hemlock with chervil, anise, sweet cicely, yarrow, an