Cicuta maculata
 
Spotted Water-Hemlock

Mid-Upper Plant

Moose Mountain Provincial Park
11-July-2017

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Maculata: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this species. 
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no bulblets in axils of leaves; NOT [bulblets in axils of upper leaves]

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leaflets lanceolate, length-to-width ratio about 5:1; NOT [leaflets very narrowly lanceolate, length-to-width ratio 10:1 or more; NOT [leaflets linear]

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vein enclosures of the lower leaf-surface squarish; NOT [vein enclosures of the lower leaf-surface elongate-rectangular]

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fruit usually longer than broad; NOT [fruit usually about as long as broad or broader]

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fruit not constricted or abruptly and unevenly constricted at the commissure; NOT [fruit gradually and evenly constricted along the commissure]

 

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Cicuta: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora and Flora of Alberta leading to this genus. 
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plants with tuberous roots; NOT [plants with a taproot]

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plants generally more than 5 dm tall

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stem not purple-blotched

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NOT [plants with a bluish tinge; flowers in dense globose heads; bracts spiny]

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NOT [foliage spiny]

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NOT [leaves usually trifoliolate, leaflets palmate, 10-30 cm wide]

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NOT [leaves palmate with 5-7 large leaflets]

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leaves 1-3 times pinnate or pinnate-ternate

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leaves often with 5 or more primary segments and many leaflets

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leaves divided into leaflets of unequal size; NOT [leaves divided into leaflets of about equal size]

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leaflets finely to deeply serrate; NOT [leaflets entire or with a few lobes]

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the central  flower pedicellate; NOT [the central flower in the umbellets sessile]

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flowers white; NOT [flowers yellow]

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fruit not spiny; NOT [fruit covered with short, hooked spines]

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fruit less than 1 cm long; NOT [fruit more than 1 cm long]

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fruit about as long as broad or slightly longer; NOT [fruit twice as long as broad or longer]

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fruit oblong to elliptical; NOT [fruit linear to clavate]

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fruit flattened but wingless; NOT [fruit strongly flattened, broadly winged]

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fruits flattened laterally (parallel to the styles); NOT [fruits flattened dorsally (at right angles to the styles)]

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fruit glabrous; NOT [fruit usually pubescent]

 

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Umbelliferae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora  leading to this family. 
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herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]

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plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]

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plants not with colored milky juice

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stems hollow

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plants with more than one normal leaf

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some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]

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leaves without stipules but usually possessing sheathing petioles

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flowers in umbels

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parts of flowers mostly in fives; NOT [parts of flowers in twos or fours]

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flowers with two floral rings

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calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]

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each petal distinct from the others

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stamens 10 or fewer; NOT [stamens usually more than 10]

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styles 2; NOT [styles 5]

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ovary inferior; NOT [ovary superior]