Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Ojibwa - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1932, Ethnobotany of the Ojibwe Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of Milwaukee 4:327-525, page 432
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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: Ojibwa
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Roots boiled and sprinkled on the fishing nets to lure fish.
RECRD: 260 id: 16881