Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.

Common Cowparsnip

Paiute, Northern - Drug, Antirheumatic (External)

Use documented by:
Fowler, Catherine S., 1989, Willards Z. Park's Ethnographic Notes on the Northern Paiute of Western Nevada 1933-1940, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 130

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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: Paiute, Northern
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Antirheumatic (External)
Notes: Poultice of roasted, split plants applied to aching joints for rheumatism.

RECRD: 9077 id: 16899

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