Pomaria jamesii

{{Short description|Plant species in the pea family}}

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| image = Pomaria jamesii.jpg

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| status = G5

| status_system = TNC

| status_ref = {{cite web |last1=NatureServe |title=Caesalpinia jamesii |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.140093/Caesalpinia_jamesii |access-date=14 August 2024 |location=Arlington, Virginia |date=2024}}

| genus = Pomaria

| species = jamesii

| authority = (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=1186230-2 |title=Pomaria jamesii (Torr. & A.Gray) Walp. |access-date=14 August 2024}}

| synonyms = {{Collapsible list | {{Species list

| Caesalpinia jamesii | (Torr. & A.Gray) Fisher (1893)

| Hoffmannseggia jamesii | Torr. & A.Gray (1840)

| Larrea jamesii | (Torr. & A.Gray) Britton (1930)

| Hoffmannseggia jamesii var. popinoensis | Fisher (1892)

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Pomaria jamesii, commonly known as James' holdback,{{PLANTS|id=POJA5|taxon=Pomaria jamesii|accessdate=23 February 2016}} is a species of plant found in the American southwest.

Uses

The Zuni people give an infusion of this plant to sheep to make them "prolific".Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p. 54)

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Category:Caesalpinieae

Category:Flora of the Southwestern United States

Category:Plants used in traditional Native American medicine

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