Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Karok - Drug, Poison
Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387
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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: Karok
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Poison
Notes: Roots poisonous to cattle.
RECRD: 87320 id: 16840