Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pediomelum subacaule
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pediomelum subacaule
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Pediomelum subacaulis
COMMON NAME:
Nashville Breadroot
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_subacaule_11
April
Plant semi-prostrate, to 12" tall. Leaflets obovate with whitish margins, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_subacaule_2
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_p_subacaule_27
April
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_pediomelum_subacaule
April
Blue-purple pea-like flowers borne in dense racemes about 3" long, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.