Apiaceae Heracleum maximum Bartr.
Common Cowparsnip
Tsimshian - Other, Hunting & Fishing Item
Use documented by:
Compton, Brian Douglas, 1993, Upper North Wakashan and Southern Tsimshian Ethnobotany: The Knowledge and Usage of Plants..., Ph.D. Dissertation, University of British Columbia, page 326
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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: Tsimshian
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Hunting & Fishing Item
Notes: Petioles rubbed on fishing gear to insure success in fishing.
RECRD: 61535 id: 16954