Do not confuse with unrelated ⚠︎✋︎☠︎ giant 🐖︎ hogweed  Heracleum mantegazzianum ☠︎✋︎⚠︎, which is also sometimes called wild parsnip.

Part of 🥕︎ carrot/celery/parsley  family Apiaceae.

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Uses by native peoples
(Ethnobotany database)

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