Best Apiaceae
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) is a perennial wildflower native to eastern North America and found in moist prairies, meadows, open woodlands, and stream margins. A member of the carrot family, it produces flat-topped clusters of small yellow flowers in spring and early summer. Its flowers provide...
Wild angelica is a common name used for tall perennial plants in the carrot family, including the North American species Angelica atropurpurea. This species grows in moist meadows, streambanks, and woodland openings and bears large compound leaves and rounded umbels of small greenish-white flowers....
The largest native herbaceous plant in North America, reaching up to 9 feet tall, with sap containing furanocoumarins that cause severe phototoxic burns on exposed skin.
Water Hemlock (Cicuta species) is widely regarded as the most violently toxic plant in North America, with all parts containing the convulsant compound cicutoxin.
