Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Hesquiat - Food, Unspecified

Use documented by:
Turner, Nancy J. and Barbara S. Efrat, 1982, Ethnobotany of the Hesquiat Indians of Vancouver Island, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 60

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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: Hesquiat
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Raw stalks of young leaves and flower buds eaten with sugar or honey.

RECRD: 612 id: 16831

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