Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh
Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Apache, Western - Food, Vegetable
Use documented by:
Buskirk, Winfred, 1986, The Western Apache: Living With the Land Before 1950, Norman. University of Oklahoma Press, page 192
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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: Apache, Western
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Vegetable
Notes: Leaves and whole, young plants used as greens.
RECRD: 40913 id: 10295