Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Haisla - Drug, Dermatological Aid

Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 214

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Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Haisla
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Dermatological Aid
Notes: Poultice of roots, Indian hellebore and Sitka spruce pitch applied to wounds.

RECRD: 61232 id: 16825

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