Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Salish, Coast - Drug, Dermatological Aid
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy Chapman and Marcus A. M. Bell, 1971, The Ethnobotany of the Coast Salish Indians of Vancouver Island, I and II, Economic Botany 25(1):63-104, 335-339, page 89
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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: Salish, Coast
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Roots pounded, roasted, mixed with dogfish oil and used as a hair lotion to make hair grow long.
RECRD: 47681 id: 16915