Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Gitksan - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Gottesfeld, Leslie M. J., 1992, The Importance of Bark Products in the Aboriginal Economies of Northwestern British Columbia, Canada, Economic Botany 46(2):148-157, page 154
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Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (
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Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Gitksan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Stems used for food in spring.
RECRD: 46022 id: 16824