Index / Search / Pediomelum hypogaeum var. subulatum

§1 Plant

Pediomelum hypogaeum (Nutt. ex Torr. & A. Gray) Rydb. var. subulatum (Bush) J. Grimes

vernacular subterranean Indian breadroot — variety · Fabaceae


USDA
PEHYS2
GBIF
2944131
Rank
variety
subterranean Indian breadroot (Pediomelum hypogaeum var. subulatum)
Platephotograph · 🌱 Aaron Lincoln 🌱CC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Fabaceae Lindl.
Genus
Pediomelum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 44 counties across 3 states/territories
Legend Native · 44 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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 44 counties across 3 states/territories.


§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/PEHYS2 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2944131 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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