Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Nitinaht - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., John Thomas, Barry F. Carlson and Robert T. Ogilvie, 1983, Ethnobotany of the Nitinaht Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 91
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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: Nitinaht
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Hollow and solid leafstalks peeled and used for food.
RECRD: 47232 id: 16875