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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pediomelum piedmontanum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Dixie Mountain Breadroot from Linda Chafin and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pediomelum piedmontanum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pediomelum piedmontanum
COMMON NAME:
Piedmont Buckroot, Dixie Mountain Breadroot
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JK Marlow jkm151017_486
October Columbia County GA
Leaflets > 2x long as wide. Lf stalks shorter than leaflet stalks or lacking, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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JK Marlow jkm151017_489
October Columbia County GA
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JK Marlow jkm081102_014
November Columbia County GA
Seed compressed but not flattened, nearly smooth, gray-brown, per A New Species of Pediomelum (Fabaceae) from the Lower Piedmont Plateau of Georgia & SC (Allison, Morris, & Egan 2006).
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JK Marlow jkm081102_019
November Columbia County GA
Perennial herb up to 3' tall with erect branching stems, per Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007).
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pediomelum piedmontanum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Pediomelum piedmontanum
FAMILY
Fabaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Pediomelum piedmontanum
2752
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Open, rocky woodlands in the lower Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora
Native to South Carolina & Georgia
Rare
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 3(5) leaflets
Mostly alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Cream with a purplish tinge
Bilaterally symmetrical
5-lobed calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Legume
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p26
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p299
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p259
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