Apiaceae Sium suave Walt.
Hemlock Waterparsnip
Okanagan-Colville - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 71
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Sium suave Walt.
Scientific name: Sium suave Walt.
USDA symbol: SISU2 (
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Common names: Hemlock Waterparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Okanagan-Colville
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Roots eaten raw in the early spring.
RECRD: 12378 id: 38141