Dog owners have once again been warned against the dangers of a highly toxic root plant after it was found near a river in ...

"It is also very toxic." Also known as the "poison parsnip", hemlock water dropwort - Oenanthe crocata - is one of the most poisonous plants native to the UK. Both hemlock and hemlock water ...

Cliff erosion on Porthkidney Beach in Lelant, near St Ives, has exposed hemlock water dropwort roots - also known as dead man's fingers. The plant looks and smells like parsley, with a highly ...

Parsley dropwort also grows in waste areas and road-sides, and even in lawns where the stumps of mown woody stalks can be painful if stood on with bare feet. The two weeds that parsley dropwort are ...