dcsimg
Image of Intermountain Indian breadroot
Creatures » » Plants » » Dicotyledons » » Legumes »

Intermountain Indian Breadroot

Pediomelum megalanthum (Wooton & Standl.) Rydb.

Comprehensive Description

provided by North American Flora
Pediomelum megalanthum (Wooton & Standley) Rydberg
Psoralea mephilica Rydb. Fl. Colo. 214. 1906. Not P. mephilica S. Wats. 1879. Psoralen megalantha Wooton & Standley, Contr. U. S. Nat. Herb. 16: 140. 1913.
A low perennial, with a tuberous root; stem above ground very short; leaves digitately 5-6-foliolate, clustered at the base; stipules scarious, ovate, about 1 cm. long; petioles 4—8 cm. long, densely white-strigose; leaflets obovate, 1-3 cm. long, densely white-strigose beneath, less densely so above; peduncles stout, 1-4 cm. long, white-strigose and with a few spreading hairs; spikes about 2 cm. long, dense; bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, about 1 cm. long, acute; pedicels 1-3 mm. long; calyx campanulate; tube 5-6 mm. long; lobes about 1 cm. long, all subulate; corol'a 2 cm. long or nearly so; banner oblong.
Type locality: Aztec, New Mexico.
Distribution: Western Colorado, eastern Utah, and northern New Mexico.
license
cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
bibliographic citation
Per Axel Rydberg. 1919. (ROSALES); FABACEAE; PSORALEAE. North American flora. vol 24(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
original
visit source
partner site
North American Flora

Physical Description

provided by USDA PLANTS text
Perennial, Herbs, Stems woody below, or from woody crown or caudex, Plants with rhizomes or suckers, Taproot present, Tubers or tuberous roots present, Nodules present, Stems very short, acaulescent or subacaulescent, Stems or branches arching, spreading or decumbent, Stems prostrate, trailing, or mat forming, Stems less th an 1 m tall, Plants gland-dotted or with gland-tipped hairs, Stems solid, Stems or young twigs sparsely to densely hairy, Stem hairs hispid to villous, Stems hairs pilose or spreading, Leaves alternate, Leaves petiolate, Stipules conspicuous, Stipules green, triangulate to lanceolate or foliaceous, Stipules setiform, subulate or acicular, Stipules persistent, Stipules free, Leaves compound, Leaves palmately 5-11 foliate, Leaf or leaflet margins entire, Leaflets 5-9, Leaves glandular punctate or gland-dotted, Leaves hairy on one or both surfaces, Inflorescences racemes, Inflorescences spikes or spike-like, Inflorescences globose heads, capitate or subcapitate, Inflorescence axillary, Bracts conspicuously present, Bracts hairy, Flowers zygomorphic, Calyx 5-lobed, Calyx hairy, Petals separate, Corolla papilionaceous, Petals clawed, Petals blue, lavander to purple, or violet, Banner petal ovoid or obovate, Banner petal auriculate, Wing petals narrow, oblanceolate to oblong, Wing petals auriculate, Wing tips obtuse or rounded, Keel tips obtuse or rounded, not beaked, Stamens 9-10, Stamens diadelphous, 9 united, 1 free, Filaments glabrous, Style terete, Style hairy, Fruit a legume, Fruit unilocular, Fruit freely dehiscent, Fruit oblong or ellipsoidal, Fruit enclosed in calyx, Fruit beaked, Fruit hairy, Fruit 1-seeded, Seeds ovoid to rounded in outline, Seed surface smooth, Seeds olive, brown, or black.
license
cc-by-nc-sa-3.0
compiler
Dr. David Bogler
source
Missouri Botanical Garden
source
USDA NRCS NPDC
original
visit source
partner site
USDA PLANTS text