Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Gosiute - Drug, Eye Medicine
Use documented by:
Chamberlin, Ralph V., 1911, The Ethno-Botany of the Gosiute Indians of Utah, Memoirs of the American Anthropological Association 2(5):331-405., page 366
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Cleome serrulata Pursh
Scientific name: Cleome serrulata Pursh
USDA symbol: CLSE (
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Common names: Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Family: Capparaceae
Family (APG): Cleomaceae
Native American Tribe: Gosiute
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Eye Medicine
Notes: Poultice of pounded, soaked leaves applied to sore eyes.
RECRD: 84235 id: 10296