Large Indian Breadroot / Pediomelum esculentum

This is another plant that I rarely come across, but I did find it in my archives from almost three years ago. I needed this image for something the other day and thought I'd add it to my Plants of Alberta Set here, too. This was taken at Hawkwood Natural Area.

This RARE, native plant grows from Alberta to Manitoba south to New Mexico, Arkansas. This species is known locally as Large Indian Breadroot. The shift from Psoralea to Pediomelum is an example of a recent trend of renaming North American genera and species. Belongs to the Fabaceae family and blooms June-July.

www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org/potd/2006/11/pediomelum_escule...

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