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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (11/30/12):
Pediomelum subacaule
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pediomelum subacaule
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (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, 1938)
Pediomelum subacaulis
3753
Forb
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Habitat: limestone glades, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 5-7 leaflets
Plant acaulescent (without aerial stems)
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet
rarely white
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
Flowers in terminal racemes
FRUIT:
Summer
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia p259
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p138
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p175