Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Keresan - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
White, Leslie A, 1945, Notes on the Ethnobotany of the Keres, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Arts, Sciences and Letters 30:557-568, page 559
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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: Keresan
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves cooked as greens.
RECRD: 3088 id: 10310