# Hemlock > [!material-plant] Material Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Alias(es)** | Conium maculatum | > | **Category** | Plant-matter | > | **Color(s)** | Flowers: white<br>Leaves: Pinnate, lacy, triangular | > | **Cost** | —— | > | **Environment/Habitat** | Temperate ditches, riverbanks, roadsides, and wastes | > | **Lifecycle/Lifespan** | Biennial | > | **Profession(s)** | [[Alchemist]], [[Herbalist]], [[Poisonmaker]] | > | **Rarity** | —— | > | **Size** | 100-250 cm | > | **Weight** | —— | --- ## Description A highly poisonous biennial plant, used as a popular toxin. In magical practice, hemlock serves to consecrate ritual tools, instruments, and weapons. --- ## Properties lethal poison; vertigo; respiratory collapse; acute kidney failure; death; no known antidote ### Magical Properties - Banishes spirits - Bestows immortality and undeath - Consecrating - Raw, dark energy - Twists properties of beneficial spells and preparations ### Medicinal Properties - Anaphrodisiac - Narcotic - Relieves nervous excitation