Pomaria jamesii / James’ holdback

Pomaria jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.

= Caesalpinia jamesii, Hoffmannseggia jamesii

James’ holdback, James’ rush-pea, camote de ratón

Comanche: piːtsamnu (Carlson and Jones 1939:522) / pihtsamuu – “milky rooted plant” (Kavanagh 2008:139,337)

Location in Texas: W, N, & C TX, not in Travis Co.

Form: herb, low shrub; perennial.

Flowers: May-Sept (orange, yellow).

Food

Roots – eaten raw or boiled by the Comanche (Carlson and Jones 1939:522,528, Kavanagh 2008:139,337).

Pomaria jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. in GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-05-18.
Pomaria jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. observed in United States of America by Elliott Gordon (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Pomaria jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. collected in United States of America by Terrestrial Plant Collection (Herbarium Vouchers) (NEON-TPLC-HV) (licensed under http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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