Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Buckroot from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Pediomelum canescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pediomelum canescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-19-005:
Psoralea canescens
FAMILY
Fabaceae
COMMON NAME:
Buckroot, Eastern Prairie-turnip, Hoary Scurfpea
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_pediomelum_canescens5
May Scotland County NC
Flowers in 1-2" racemes, 4-8 per raceme. The calyx is densely downy, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.
Bruce A. Sorrie bas_pediomelum_canescens2
July Scotland County NC
Stem to 1m tall, pubescent, much-branched to form a rounded crown, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region.