Highly poisonous. Serious poisoning risk if eaten. Excluded from default planting suggestions; keep away from children and pets. Plant caution source
Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.
Photographs are not available yet.
Ecological relationships
Who uses this plant?
7CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including SC
Genus host records with ranges including SC · Cicuta
- Archips argyrospilaFruit-Tree Leafroller Moth
- Chlorochlamys chloroleucariaBlackberry Looper Moth
- Papaipema insulidensRagwort Stem Borer
- Papaipema marginidensBrick-Red Borer
- Papilio polyxenesBlack Swallowtail, Celery Caterpillar, Fennel Worm, Desert Black Swallowtail, Parsnip Swallowtail
- Platynota flavedanaBlack-Shaded Platynota
- Depressaria cinereocostella
4BeesSoutheastern regional records
Southeastern regional records · Cicuta
Individual names are not available yet.
Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Cicuta
- Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Growing and identification
Plant details
- Family
- APIACEAE
Conservation status
| South Carolina rank | Not available |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5T5 |
| SC status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- tnky_atlas
- usda
- nc_flora
- South Carolina occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications