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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Pediomelum piedmontanum   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



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).

image of Pediomelum piedmontanum, Piedmont Buckroot, Dixie Mountain Breadroot

JK Marlow    jkm151017_489

October    Columbia County    GA

image of Pediomelum piedmontanum, Piedmont Buckroot, Dixie Mountain Breadroot

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).

image of Pediomelum piedmontanum, Piedmont Buckroot, Dixie Mountain Breadroot

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).

image of Pediomelum piedmontanum, Piedmont Buckroot, Dixie Mountain Breadroot

JK Marlow    jkm081102_020

November    Columbia County    GA

Petiolules 1.8-3mm, per Weakley's Flora (2012).

 

 

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

2752

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Open, rocky woodlands in the lower Piedmont, per Weakley's Flora

Native to South Carolina & Georgia

Rare

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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

 

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