Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Conium L., Sp. Pl. 243 (1753)
 Description

Glabrous, annual or biennial herb. Lvs 2–4-pinnate; segments broad. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles few, entire. Petals white, regular, with entire, obtuse, shortly inflexed apex; calyx teeth 0. Fr. ovoid to subglobose, flattened laterally, not beaked, spineless; commissure narrow; ribs 5 per mericarp, equal, prominent and usually undulate; vittae 0.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Conium L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.