Hoffmannseggia erecta

Botanical Description

Hoffmannseggia erecta is a low-growing perennial plant producing a cluster of stems from a woody rootstoc, it grows around 4 - 25cm tall[ 1494 Title Sinopsis de Caesalpinia y Hoffmannseggia (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae) de Sudamérica Publication Darwinia 34(1-4); 299-348, 1996 Author Ulibarri E.A. Publisher Year 1996 ISBN 0011-6793 Description ]. The plant is harvested fom the wild for local use as a food.