Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Kitasoo - Food, Vegetable
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 326
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Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Scientific name: Heracleum maximum Bartr.
USDA symbol: HEMA80 (
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Common names: Common Cowparsnip
Family: Apiaceae
Family (APG): Apiaceae
Native American Tribe: Kitasoo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Young stems and petioles eaten as a spring vegetable.
RECRD: 61534 id: 16843