Index / Search / Pediomelum rhombifolium
§1 Plant
Pediomelum rhombifolium (Torr. & A. Gray) Rydb.
vernacular Gulf Indian breadroot — species · Fabaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fabaceae Lindl.
- Genus
- Pediomelum
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 74 counties across 2 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 74 counties across 2 states/territories.
Louisiana view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 73 N ▾
- Anderson 48001
- Andrews 48003
- Atascosa 48013
- Austin 48015
- Bastrop 48021
- Bell 48027
- Bexar 48029
- Blanco 48031
- Brazos 48041
- Brooks 48047
- Brown 48049
- Burleson 48051
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Calhoun 48057
- Callahan 48059
- Cameron 48061
- Comal 48091
- Comanche 48093
- Crane 48103
- Dallas 48113
- DeWitt 48123
- Duval 48131
- Erath 48143
- Fayette 48149
- Frio 48163
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Grayson 48181
- Gregg 48183
- Grimes 48185
- Guadalupe 48187
- Hamilton 48193
- Hays 48209
- Hidalgo 48215
- Howard 48227
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Jefferson 48245
- Jim Hogg 48247
- Jones 48253
- Kendall 48259
- Kenedy 48261
- Kleberg 48273
- Leon 48289
- Limestone 48293
- Llano 48299
- Madison 48313
- Martin 48317
- Mason 48319
- McCulloch 48307
- McLennan 48309
- Medina 48325
- Midland 48329
- Nueces 48355
- Parker 48367
- Pecos 48371
- Robertson 48395
- Rusk 48401
- Starr 48427
- Tarrant 48439
- Taylor 48441
- Travis 48453
- Walker 48471
- Ward 48475
- Washington 48477
- Webb 48479
- Willacy 48489
- Williamson 48491
- Winkler 48495
- Wise 48497
- Young 48503
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PERH2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2944092 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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