Western Redbud (Cercis occidentalis)

Family: Fabaceae or Leguminosae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: Lavender, Pink. Main Bloom Time: Early spring, Mid spring. Form: Vase.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds, Flowers

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

pleasant acid taste. — Added to salads, they have a pleasant acid taste.; The flower buds are pickled like capers.; Seedpods - roasted.; The pods are up to 9cm long.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry slopes and in canyons in foothills below 1100 metres. (Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)