Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
San Felipe - Food, Unspecified
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 24
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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: San Felipe
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Unspecified
Notes: Flower buds salted and eaten as food.
RECRD: 41064 id: 10338