Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Haisla and Hanaksiala - Food, Unspecified

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 and Hanaksiala
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Petioles considered 'the main food in spring.'

RECRD: 61230 id: 16827