Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Oregon Indian - Drug, Febrifuge
Use documented by:
Murphey, Edith Van Allen, 1990, Indian Uses of Native Plants, Glenwood, Ill. Meyerbooks. Originally published in 1959, page 40
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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: Oregon Indian
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Febrifuge
Notes: Infusion of whole plant taken for fever.
RECRD: 21004 id: 10336