Cleome refracta
(Engelm.) Mabb.
Spectacle fruit
Cleomaceae Edible: ?
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Description
A herb that grows each year from seed. It grows 40-200 cm tall. The leaves have 3 leaflets. The blades are oval and 1-5 cm long by 0.4-2 cm wide. The flower petals are yellow.
Edible Uses
Young plants are boiled and eaten.
Traditional Uses
Young plants are boiled and eaten.
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Distribution
It is a temperate plant.
Where It Grows
North America, USA,
Synonyms
Wislizenia melilotoides GreeneWislizenia refracta var. melilotoides (Greene) I. M. Johnst.Wislizenia scabrida Eastw.and others
References (1)
- Moerman, D. F., 2010, Native American Ethnobotany. Timber Press. p 600 (As Wislizenia refracta)
