Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Haisla and Hanaksiala - Food, Unspecified
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 and Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Petioles considered 'the main food in spring.'
RECRD: 61230 id: 16827