FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
UMBELLIFERAE, HERACLEUM LANATUM, COW PARSNIP
Hensolt, Edith A. 1966. How Oregon Indians Used the Native Flora. Benton cdounty Historical Society & Museum, Philomath, Oregon.
Indians ate the stout flower scapes, not quite full gorwn, fresh and tender even when 1 inch in diameter. Some burned the bottom of the stalk and used the ashes as a salt substitute.
