When these people were unable to support themselves, they were intoxicated with this herb and then dropped from a high rock or beaten to death.
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Scientists at the University of Eastern Piedmont in Italy claimed to have identified hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata) as the plant responsible for producing the sardonic grin.
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The water hemlock belongs to the Apiaceae family and the species within this family are divided into the Cicuta and Oenanthe genera.
The village pond in Loose was recently surveyed and contained a mixture of the following species: Water mint, Meadowsweet, Common reed mace, Water dropwort, Bittersweet, Yellow iris, Branched bur reed, Greater tussock sedge, Brooklime, Water figwort, Water forget-me-not, Great willowherb, Flag iris and Marsh marigold.