Pediomelum latestipulatum var. latestipulatum

Common names: Texas Plains Indian breadroot
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 11.

Stems 5–15(–30) cm, hairs erect to spreading. Leaves: stipules 10–14 × 4–7 mm; petiole 27–65 mm; leaflet blades 2–4.4 × 0.6–1.2 cm. Peduncles 1.3–4.8 cm. Inflorescences: bracts elliptic to spatulate or ovate, 8–11 × 3.5–4.5 mm. Flowers 16–24 mm. Legumes: beak slightly shorter than calyx.


Phenology: Flowering summer.
Habitat: Grasslands, open woodlands.
Elevation: 100–500 m.

Discussion

Variety latestipulatum is known from Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Eastland, Fisher, McCulloch, McLennan, Mills, Mitchell, Nolan, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Tarrant, Taylor, Tom Green, Wichita, Wise, and Wood counties.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
Ashley N. Egan +  and James L. Reveal† +
(Shinners) Mahler +
Psoralea latestipulata +
Texas Plains Indian breadroot +
100–500 m. +
Grasslands, open woodlands. +
Flowering summer. +
Psoralea subg. Pediomelum +
Pediomelum latestipulatum var. latestipulatum +
Pediomelum latestipulatum +
variety +