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Home  /  Plants  /  Budburst Species  /  Pediomelum esculentum
Phenology Observation Sheet for Wildflowers and Herbs

COMMON NAME

Indian breadroot

SCIENTIFIC NAME

Pediomelum esculentum

ALSO KNOWN AS

Indian potato, Prairie turnip

Plant family

Pea (Fabaceae)

Plant group

Wildflowers and Herbs

This perennial legume has bluish purple flowers and palmately divided leaves with 3-5 leaflets. Leaves are hairy and alternate along the stem.
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Identification hints

This perennial legume has bluish purple flowers and palmately divided leaves with 3-5 leaflets. Leaves are hairy and alternate along the stem.
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Did you know?

Indian breadroot exhibits an interesting behavior. At the end of flowering, flower stalk (and leaves) breaks off from the root (disarticulates) and blows away with the wind.
DISTRIBUTION IN TH U.S.
Arkansas , Colorado , Iowa , Kansas , Louisiana , Minnesota , Missouri , Montana , North Dakota , Nebraska , New Mexico , New York , Oklahoma , South Dakota , Texas , Wisconsin , Wyoming
HABITAT
There is no information available about this species.

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