Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh

Rocky Mountain Beeplant

Keres, Western - Food, Porridge

Use documented by:
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 37

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Scientific name: Cleome serrulata Pursh
USDA symbol: CLSE (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Rocky Mountain Beeplant
Family: Capparaceae
Family (APG): Cleomaceae
Native American Tribe: Keres, Western
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Porridge
Notes: Dried seeds cooked into a mush and eaten.

RECRD: 30125 id: 10307