Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Makah - Drug, Tonic
Use documented by:
Gill, Steven J., 1983, Ethnobotany of the Makah and Ozette People, Olympic Peninsula, Washington (USA), Washington State University, Ph.D. Thesis, page 293
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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: Makah
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Tonic
Notes: Used as a spring tonic.
RECRD: 6289 id: 16851