Taxon:  Cicuta maculata L. var. bolanderi (S. Watson) G. A. Mulligan



Summary
Genus:
Cicuta
Family:
Apiaceae (alt. Umbelliferae)
Subfamily:
Apioideae
Tribe:
Oenantheae
Nomen number:
404316
Place of publication:
Canad. J. Bot. 58:1766.  1980
Verified:
01/30/1996 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Cicuta maculata L. (3 active accession[s])
Cicuta maculata L. var. angustifolia Hook. (0 active accession[s])
Cicuta maculata L. var. maculata (3 active accession[s])
Cicuta maculata L. var. victorinii (Fernald) B. Boivin (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cicuta bolanderi S. Watson

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
  2. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  3. Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. Note: = Cicuta bolanderi S. Watson
  4. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
  5. Mulligan, G. A. & D. B. Munro. 1981. The biology of Canadian weeds. 48. Cicuta maculata L., C. douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose and C. virosa L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 61:93-105. Note: Cicuta maculata var. bolanderi has less poisonous compounds (cicutoxin and cicutol) than variety maculata
  6. Mulligan, G. A. 1980. The genus Cicuta in North America. Canad. J. Bot. 58:1765-1766.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishspotted water-hemlock  1Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIllinois  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesIowa  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesKansas McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMinnesota  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesMissouri  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNebraska McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesOklahoma McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesWisconsin  
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesIndiana  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNew Mexico Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexas  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesAlabama  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesArkansas  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesGeorgia  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesLouisiana  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesMississippi  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesNorth Carolina  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesTennessee  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesArizona  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthwestern U.S.A.United StatesCalifornia Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Indiana]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin]
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
  • SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona, California]

Reference(s)
  1. Allred, Kelly W. 2008. Flora Neomexicana I: The vascular plants of New Mexico, an annotated checklist to the names of vascular plants with synonymy and bibliography.
  2. Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
  3. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Mulligan, G. A. & D. B. Munro. 1981. The biology of Canadian weeds. 48. Cicuta maculata L., C. douglasii (DC.) Coult. & Rose and C. virosa L. Canad. J. Pl. Sci. 61:93-105. Note: Cicuta maculata var. bolanderi has less poisonous compounds (cicutoxin and cicutol) than variety maculata
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsto humans and livestock, as Cicuta bolanderiKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. Note: poisonous
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=404316. Accessed 12 May 2026.