Peteria scoparia.
Botanical name:
Peteria scoparia A. Gray. Leguminosae.
New Mexico. This is a stout, spiny, suffruticose herb with a small, edible, tuberous rootstock.
Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.
Practical Herb Cards 2
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