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Pediomelum tenuiflorum (Slender Scurfy Pea; Scrufy Psoralea)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Psoralidium tenuiflorum, the slimflower scurfpea, is a plant. The Zuni people apply a poultice of moistened leaves to any body part for purification. Name used to be Psoralea tenuiflora (Pursh), Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb., and now Pediomelium tenuiflorum (Pursh) A. N. Egan.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Although no specific mention of toxicity for this species has been found, at least some members of this genus contain furanocoumarins, these substances can cause photosensitivity in some people; The plant is said t be poisonous to livestock;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The plant is a good soil stabilizer in its natural environment;
Height [1]  39 inches (1 m)
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Protected Areas

Predators

Bos taurus (cow)[3]
Rhizoecus leucosomus (white ground mealybug)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0