Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Isleta - Food, Bread & Cake
Use documented by:
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 22
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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: Seeds made into a meal and used to make bread.
RECRD: 41049 id: 10303