Pediomelum tenuiflorum (Pursh) A.N. Egan. Common name: Gray Scurf-pea. Phenology: Apr-Jul (-Sep). Habitat: Prairies. Distribution: KY to MT, south to TX and n. Mexico (CHH, NLE, SON); disjunct in MS (as a waif).
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: This species belongs in Pediomelum, not Psoralidium (Egan & Crandall 2008).
Synonymy ⓘ: = FNA11.1, K4, POWO, Egan & Crandall (2008); = Psoralea floribunda Nutt. — S13; = Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh — G, Tx; = Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. — C, Mex, NcTx, NS, SE3, Grimes (1988), Grimes (1990), Isely (1998); > Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh var. floribunda (Nutt.) Rydb. — F, GrPl; > Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh var. tenuiflora — F, GrPl; > Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb. var. tenuiflorum — Il. Basionym: Psoralea tenuiflora Pursh 1813
Links to other floras: = Pediomelum tenuiflorum - FNA11.1
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Heliophily ⓘ: 9
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