Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Isleta - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
Jones, Volney H., 1931, The Ethnobotany of the Isleta Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 26
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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: Isleta
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Bread & Cake
Notes: Large seeds formerly used to make a flour for bread.
RECRD: 30600 id: 10302