Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Tolowa - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Baker, Marc A., 1981, The Ethnobotany of the Yurok, Tolowa and Karok Indians of Northwest California, Humboldt State University, M.A. Thesis, page 32
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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: Tolowa
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Stem inner layers eaten raw.
RECRD: 5869 id: 16953