Capparaceae Cleome serrulata Pursh

Rocky Mountain Beeplant

Navajo - Food, Soup

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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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: Navajo
Use category: Food
Use sub-category: Soup
Notes: Plant made into stew with wild onions, wild celery, tallow or bits of meat.

RECRD: 41069 id: 10319

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