Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Pomo, Kashaya - Other, Toys & Games
Use documented by:
Goodrich, Jennie and Claudia Lawson, 1980, Kashaya Pomo Plants, Los Angeles. American Indian Studies Center, University of California, Los Angeles, page 87
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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: Pomo, Kashaya
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Toys & Games
Notes: Dried, hollow stems used as toy blowguns to shoot berries or small pebbles.
RECRD: 938 id: 16908