Taxon: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Common names:

• breadroot   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Psoralea esculenta]) – English
  
• Indian-turnip   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Psoralea esculenta]) – English
  
• prairie-apple   (Source: Websters Dict [as Psoralea esculenta]) – English
  
• prairie-potato   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Psoralea esculenta]) – English
  
• prairie-turnip   (Source: Websters Dict [as Psoralea esculenta]) – English
  
• pomme blanche   (Source: Hortus 3 [as Psoralea esculenta]) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Human food: vegetable   (fide Trop Leg)
  

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Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Western Canada: Canada - Alberta [s.], Manitoba [s.], Saskatchewan [s.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wisconsin
  Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [e.], Montana, Wyoming [e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Arkansas
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - New Mexico [n.e.]

References:

• Grimes, J. W. 1990. A revision of the New World species of the Psoraleeae (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae). Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 61:59.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3) [= Psoralea esculenta].
• MacRoberts, B. R. & M. H. MacRoberts. 2006. Carex stipata (Cyperaceae), Chamaesyce geyeri (Euphorbiaceae), Eurytaenia texana (Apiaceae), Pediomelum esculentum (Fabaceae), and Talinum calycinum (Portulacaceae) deleted from the Louisiana flora. Sida 22:1221–1223.
• Martin, W. C. & C. R. Hutchins. 1980. A flora of New Mexico. (F New Mex) [= Psoralea esculenta Pursh].
• McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains) [= Psoralea esculenta Pursh].
• National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. (Trop Leg) [= Psoralea esculentum].
• Radford, A. E. et al., eds. 1980–. Vascular flora of the southeastern United States. (F SE US)
• Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada) [= Psoralea esculenta Pursh].
• Webster's third new international dictionary. (Websters Dict) [= Psoralea esculenta].

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Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Pediomelum esculentum. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Psoralea esculenta Pursh (basionym)
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other databases for Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.:

• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
• GRIN nodulation data

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• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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