Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Meskwaki - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 265
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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: Meskwaki
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Potatoes cooked like the rutabaga.
RECRD: 1285 id: 16869