Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Haisla - Drug, Dermatological Aid
Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 214
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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: Haisla
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of roots, Indian hellebore and Sitka spruce pitch applied to wounds.
RECRD: 61232 id: 16825