PLANTS Profile for Pediomelum cuspidatum (largebract Indian breadroot)

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Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.
largebract Indian breadroot

Symbol:

PECU3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Line Drawing of Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.

Psoralea cuspidata

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 363. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.

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Synonyms:
Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.

PSCU

Psoralea cuspidata Pursh

Distribution:
Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.


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Related Taxa:
Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 21 species in Pediomelum

Classification:
Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Pediomelum Rydb. – Indian breadroot
Species	Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb. – largebract Indian breadroot

More Accounts and Images:
Pediomelum cuspidatum (Pursh) Rydb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 504174.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 05/25/2013 07:51 PM CDT