Pig Nut (Hoffmannseggia glauca)
Overview, photograph by Wynn Anderson; flowers, Marfa, Texas, photograph by Gertrud Konnings.
- Common English Names: Pig Nut, Hog Potato, Indian Rushpea
- Common Spanish Names: Camote de raton
- Scientific Name: Hoffmannseggia glauca (HOFF-man-SEGG-ee-uh GLAU-kuh)
- Family: Fabaceae (Pea Family)
- Geographic Range: Central and southwestern U.S. to Mexico and south into western South America.
- Plant Form: Perennial forb.
- Remarks: Also as Caesalpinia glauca
Last Update: 16 Mar 2005