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Size: 8 × 6 inches
Hemlock is a beautiful plant that can grow up to 9 feet tall and is common across both the United States and Europe. However, this plant is more than its leggy stems and white lace-like flowers.
Every single part of the Hemlock plant is poisonous. So poisonous, in fact, that it is fatal in even small amounts affecting nerve impulse transmission and eventual respiratory failure. It is often mistaken for parsley and Queen Anne's Lace and even touching Hemlock can cause a skin reaction.
This plant is what is widely known to have been the plant that killed Socrates, with the assumption that it was slipped into his drink.
There were many rumors that women used hemlock in France to control their husbands. They would dose them with just enough that their spouses would have to return home for the antidote each day or else they would die! While this rumor has been considered a myth, there is some evidence of witches using this dangerous plant to, ahem, assist those who needed it 😉
Information Sources:
https://www.healthline.com/health/hemlock-poisoning
https://plantsandplantagenets.com/2021/06/30/the-history-of-hemlock-a-not-so-healing-herb/
https://portsmouthnaturalhistory.co.uk/collections-stories/blog/poisonous-plants-and-witchcraft/
Acrylic
Size: 8 × 6 inches
Hemlock is a beautiful plant that can grow up to 9 feet tall and is common across both the United States and Europe. However, this plant is more than its leggy stems and white lace-like flowers.
Every single part of the Hemlock plant is poisonous. So poisonous, in fact, that it is fatal in even small amounts affecting nerve impulse transmission and eventual respiratory failure. It is often mistaken for parsley and Queen Anne's Lace and even touching Hemlock can cause a skin reaction.
This plant is what is widely known to have been the plant that killed Socrates, with the assumption that it was slipped into his drink.
There were many rumors that women used hemlock in France to control their husbands. They would dose them with just enough that their spouses would have to return home for the antidote each day or else they would die! While this rumor has been considered a myth, there is some evidence of witches using this dangerous plant to, ahem, assist those who needed it 😉
Information Sources:
https://www.healthline.com/health/hemlock-poisoning
https://plantsandplantagenets.com/2021/06/30/the-history-of-hemlock-a-not-so-healing-herb/
https://portsmouthnaturalhistory.co.uk/collections-stories/blog/poisonous-plants-and-witchcraft/