Pediomelum cuspidatum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pediomelum
- Species
- Pediomelum cuspidatum
- Scientific Name
- Pediomelum cuspidatum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Pediomelum cuspidatum
Pediomelum cuspidatum (also known as Psoralea cuspidata) is a perennial herb also known as the buffalo pea, largebract Indian breadroot and the tall-bread scurf-pea. It is found on the black soil prairies in Texas. It has an inflorescence on stems 18-40 centimeters long arising from a subterranean stem and deep carrot-shaped root that is 4–15 cm long. The long petioled leaves are palmately divided into 5 linear-elliptic leaflets that are 2-4 centimeters long. The flowers, borne in condensed spikes from the leaves, are light blue and pea-like.
...Pediomelum cuspidatum in languages:
- English
- largebract Indian breadroot
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Pediomelum argophyllum
- Pediomelum aromaticum
- Pediomelum californicum
- Pediomelum canescens
- Pediomelum castoreum
- Pediomelum cuspidatum
- Pediomelum cyphocalyx
- Pediomelum digitatum
- Pediomelum esculentum
- Pediomelum humile
- Pediomelum hypogaeum
- Pediomelum latestipulatum
- Pediomelum linearifolium
- Pediomelum megalanthum
- Pediomelum mephiticum
- Pediomelum palmeri
- Pediomelum pariense
- Pediomelum pentaphyllum
- Pediomelum piedmontanum
- Pediomelum reverchonii
- Pediomelum rhombifolium
- Pediomelum subacaule
- Pediomelum tenuiflorum
- Pediomelum verdiense










































































































































