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