Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Mewuk - Food, Unspecified
Use documented by:
Merriam, C. Hart, 1966, Ethnographic Notes on California Indian Tribes, University of California Archaeological Research Facility, Berkeley, page 366
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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: Mewuk
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Young stems peeled and eaten raw.
RECRD: 6797 id: 16872