Cryptotaenia canadensis

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|name = Canadian honewort

|image = Cryptotaenia canadensis - Canadian Honewort.jpg

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|status = G5

|status_system = TNC

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|genus = Cryptotaenia

|species = canadensis

|authority = (L.) DC.

|range_map = Crca9.png

|range_map_caption = Natural range in North America

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Cryptotaenia canadensis, the Canadian honewort,{{PLANTS|id=CRCA9|taxon=Cryptotaenia candensis|accessdate=18 January 2016}} is a perennial plant species native to the eastern United States and eastern Canada.{{BONAP |genus=Cryptotaenia |species=canadensis |date=2013}}[http://luirig.altervista.org/schedenam/fnam.php?taxon=Cryptotaenia+canadensis Altervista Flora of North America, Cryptotaenia canadensis ]{{NPIN|CRCA9|Cryptotaenia canadensis}}{{Illinois Wildflowers|woodland/plants/honewort|Cryptotaenia canadensis}} Its young leaves and stems can be used as a boiled green or seasoning similar to parsley. The parsniplike roots can be cooked and eaten.{{cite book |last1=Niering |first1=William A. |author-link1=William Niering| last2=Olmstead |first2=Nancy C. |title=The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Wildflowers, Eastern Region |year=1985 |orig-date=1979|publisher=Knopf |isbn=0-394-50432-1 |page=329}}