Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Karok - Dye, Yellow

Use documented by:
Schenck, Sara M. and E. W. Gifford, 1952, Karok Ethnobotany, Anthropological Records 13(6):377-392, page 387

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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: Karok
Use category: Dye
Use sub-category: Yellow
Notes: Roots used as a yellow dye for porcupine quills.

RECRD: 8575 id: 16841

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