Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh

Rocky Mountain Beeplant

Keresan - Other, Paint

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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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: Keresan
Use category: Other
Use sub-category: Paint
Notes: Used to make the black paint for pottery decoration.

RECRD: 3086 id: 10311

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