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Photographer: James R. Sime
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Family Fabaceae
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
breadroot scurf-pea, pomme-de-prairie, shaggy prairie-turnip, prairie-turnip
Pediomelum: from the Greek for "plain apple"
esculentum: esculent, edible
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-16" tall forb with many branches and spreading hairs; roots thicken into an edible tuber |
| Flower: | blue, 5-parted, 3/4" long; inflorescence a 1"-3" tall, dense, conical spike of stalkless flowers; blooms May-July |
| Fruit: | hairy pod |
| Leaf: | palmately 5-parted on stalks 1/2"-4" long |
| Habitat: | dry; prairies, plains; in sandy soil |
| (Glossary) |
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