Index / Search / Pediomelum esculentum
§1 Plant
Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
vernacular large Indian breadroot — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Pediomelum
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 345 counties across 13 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 345 counties across 13 states/territories.
Arkansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 70 N ▾
- Allen 20001
- Anderson 20003
- Barton 20009
- Bourbon 20011
- Butler 20015
- Chase 20017
- Chautauqua 20019
- Cherokee 20021
- Cheyenne 20023
- Clay 20027
- Cloud 20029
- Coffey 20031
- Cowley 20035
- Crawford 20037
- Decatur 20039
- Dickinson 20041
- Douglas 20045
- Elk 20049
- Ellis 20051
- Ellsworth 20053
- Franklin 20059
- Geary 20061
- Graham 20065
- Greenwood 20073
- Harvey 20079
- Hodgeman 20083
- Jackson 20085
- Jewell 20089
- Johnson 20091
- Labette 20099
- Leavenworth 20103
- Lincoln 20105
- Linn 20107
- Logan 20109
- Lyon 20111
- Marion 20115
- Marshall 20117
- McPherson 20113
- Miami 20121
- Mitchell 20123
- Montgomery 20125
- Morris 20127
- Neosho 20133
- Ness 20135
- Norton 20137
- Osage 20139
- Osborne 20141
- Ottawa 20143
- Pawnee 20145
- Phillips 20147
- Pottawatomie 20149
- Rawlins 20153
- Republic 20157
- Riley 20161
- Rooks 20163
- Rush 20165
- Russell 20167
- Saline 20169
- Sedgwick 20173
- Shawnee 20177
- Sheridan 20179
- Sherman 20181
- Smith 20183
- Sumner 20191
- Thomas 20193
- Trego 20195
- Wabaunsee 20197
- Washington 20201
- Wilson 20205
- Woodson 20207
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Becker 27005
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Clay 27027
- Cottonwood 27033
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Grant 27051
- Jackson 27063
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Martin 27091
- McLeod 27085
- Meeker 27093
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Olmsted 27109
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rice 27131
- Scott 27139
- Stearns 27145
- Swift 27151
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Big Horn 30003
- Blaine 30005
- Carbon 30009
- Carter 30011
- Cascade 30013
- Chouteau 30015
- Custer 30017
- Daniels 30019
- Dawson 30021
- Fallon 30025
- Fergus 30027
- Garfield 30033
- Glacier 30035
- Golden Valley 30037
- Hill 30041
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Liberty 30051
- McCone 30055
- Meagher 30059
- Musselshell 30065
- Petroleum 30069
- Phillips 30071
- Powder River 30075
- Prairie 30079
- Richland 30083
- Roosevelt 30085
- Rosebud 30087
- Sheridan 30091
- Stillwater 30095
- Toole 30101
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Wibaux 30109
- Yellowstone 30111
Nebraska view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Antelope 31003
- Banner 31007
- Box Butte 31013
- Boyd 31015
- Brown 31017
- Buffalo 31019
- Burt 31021
- Butler 31023
- Cass 31025
- Cedar 31027
- Chase 31029
- Cherry 31031
- Clay 31035
- Cuming 31039
- Custer 31041
- Dawes 31045
- Dawson 31047
- Deuel 31049
- Dixon 31051
- Douglas 31055
- Frontier 31063
- Furnas 31065
- Garden 31069
- Holt 31089
- Jefferson 31095
- Kearney 31099
- Keya Paha 31103
- Kimball 31105
- Knox 31107
- Lancaster 31109
- Lincoln 31111
- Merrick 31121
- Morrill 31123
- Nuckolls 31129
- Pawnee 31133
- Phelps 31137
- Red Willow 31145
- Richardson 31147
- Saline 31151
- Saunders 31155
- Scotts Bluff 31157
- Seward 31159
- Sheridan 31161
- Sioux 31165
- Thayer 31169
- Thurston 31173
- Valley 31175
- Washington 31177
- Webster 31181
New Mexico view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 45 N ▾
- Adams 38001
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Divide 38023
- Dunn 38025
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- Griggs 38039
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- LaMoure 38045
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- McLean 38055
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sheridan 38083
- Sioux 38085
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Oklahoma view state ↗ 13 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Aurora 46003
- Bennett 46007
- Bon Homme 46009
- Brookings 46011
- Brown 46013
- Brule 46015
- Buffalo 46017
- Butte 46019
- Charles Mix 46023
- Clark 46025
- Clay 46027
- Codington 46029
- Corson 46031
- Custer 46033
- Day 46037
- Dewey 46041
- Fall River 46047
- Haakon 46055
- Harding 46063
- Jackson 46071
- Jerauld 46073
- Lawrence 46081
- Lincoln 46083
- Lyman 46085
- Meade 46093
- Mellette 46095
- Pennington 46103
- Roberts 46109
- Stanley 46117
- Todd 46121
- Tripp 46123
- Union 46127
- Yankton 46135
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PEES ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2944105 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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