Found in sandy, rocky soil
Seen blooming in May on CR 142

When in bloom the Pale Wolfberry is an attractive shrub growing to 6 feet tall with many branches. Leaves are pale gray-green and smooth edged, and have slender thorns at the base. Flowers are funnel-shaped, greenish-white with purple veins and are over 1 inch long. The fruit is orange-red like a small tomato and can be reddish-blue. The fruit can be eaten raw if perfectly ripe, or cooked or dried for later use. The fruit keeps well when dried and ground into a meal. The ground up root has been placed in a tooth cavity to bring relief from toothache. The bark and the dried berries have been used as a 'life medicine'. The fruit of many members of this genus is a very rich source of vitamins and minerals, especially in vitamins A, C and E, flavanoids and other bio-active compounds. It is also a fairly good source of essential fatty acids, which is fairly unusual for a fruit. It is being investigated as a food that is capable of halting or reversing the growth of cancers. Source.

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Found in canyons
Seen blooming in May in Red Wash Canyon
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Sweetvetch grows bushy to two feet tall with leaves divided into pale green leaflets. The flowers are pink to pink-purple. The seedpods are segmented between each seed giving the appearance of links in a chain. Young tender roots have a sweet carrot or licorice-like flavor and can be eaten raw or boiled, baked or added to soups. Source.
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Found in dry, sandy areas
Seen blooming in April in Plaza Blanca

Little Twistflower is inconspicuous, unless growing in masses as it is in Plaza Blanca right now, but interesting up close. It grows with slender, upright, branching stems to 20 inches tall. Bluish-green leaves on the stem are long and narrow while basal leaves have wavy, toothed edges. Flower buds are colored purple, and are clustered tightly together at the top of the stem, but the stem lengthens as they open so that the tiny, yellowish urn-shaped flowers with four petals become quite widely separated. Seedpods are 3 inches long, thin and drooping. The seeds are edible.
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Found in disturbed soil, pastures, roadsides, grassy slopes
Seen blooming in April in Ohkay Owingeh

The purple haze you see carpeting the medians and roadsides is caused by masses of Purple Mustard. It grows from 2 to 20 inches tall, but usually less, in dense patches with a stout fleshy stem. The lavender flowers are less than ½ inch across and are tubular with four distinctive narrow petals. It is a tenacious annual plant and is considered a noxious weed in Colorado. It reduces yields in grain fields and when it is consumed by dairy cattle it gives their milk a bad taste and odor. It has a musky smell but makes a tasty salad or sandwich according to this forager.
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Found in dry, disturbed areas, on slopes
Seen blooming in April in Arroyo Trujillo

Golden Smoke grows to about 12 inches tall and is easily recognized by the irregular yellow flowers in long, loose clusters and its finely divided leaves. Its seed pods curve upwards. Corydalis species are potentially toxic in moderate doses. However, a tea made from the plant is used in the treatment of painful or irregular menstruation, diarrhea, bronchitis, heart diseases, sore throats and stomach aches. Externally, it is used as a lotion on backaches, hand sores etc. and as a gargle for sore throats. Source.
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