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breadroots and scurfpeas
Pediomelum
Pediomelum is a genus of legumes known as Indian breadroots. These are glandular perennial plants with palmately-arranged leaves. They have a main erect stem with inflorescences of blue or purple flowers and produce hairy legume pods containing beanlike seeds. Some species have woody roots while others have starchy tuber-like roots which can be eaten like tuber vegetables such as potatoes or made into flour. Indian breadroots are native to North America. Many species have synonymy with genus Psoralea.
Selected species:
24 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Slimflower Scurfpea
speciesPediomelum tenuiflorum
silvery scurfpea
speciesPediomelum argophyllum
breadroot scurf pea
speciesPediomelum esculentum
largebract Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum cuspidatum
Narrowleaf Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum linearifolium
roundleaf scurfpea
speciesPediomelum rhombifolium
Nashville breadroot
speciesPediomelum subacaule
Texas Plains Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum latestipulatum
Little Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum hypogaeum
California Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum californicum
buckroot
speciesPediomelum canescens
intermountain Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum megalanthum
palmleaf Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum digitatum
Turniproot
speciesPediomelum cyphocalyx
Reverchon's scurf-pea
speciesPediomelum reverchonii
Beaver Dam Scurfpea
speciesPediomelum castoreum
Paria River Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum pariense
skunktop
speciesPediomelum mephiticum
aromatic Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum aromaticum
Verde Formation breadroot
speciesPediomelum verdiense
small Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum pentaphyllum
Piedmont breadroot
speciesPediomelum piedmontanum
Palmer's breadroot
speciesPediomelum palmeri
Rydberg's Indian breadroot
speciesPediomelum humile
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 48673.