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Rydberg's Scurfpea (Pediomelum humile)

Pediomelum humile along San Filipe Creek, Texas. Photo Credit: Jackie Poole, TPWD
  • Global Rank: G1 - Critically Imperiled
  • Legal Status: N/A
  • Family: Fabaceae
  • State: TX
  • Nature Serve ID: 147497
  • Lifeform: Forb/herb
  • Date Inducted in National Collection: 06/25/2002
Description:

Where is Rydberg's Scurfpea (Pediomelum humile) located in the wild?

States & Provinces:

Rydberg's Scurfpea can be found in Texas

Which CPC Partners conserve Rydberg's Scurfpea (Pediomelum humile)?

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Conservation Actions

Jonathan Flickinger
  • 10/13/2023
  • Seed Collection Orthodox Seed Banking

There are currently seven documented wild-origin seeds in the seed bank of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, which were collected from an extirpated population in Val Verde County in spring 2001.

Nature Serve Biotics
  • 05/02/2017

Known from fewer than 5 sites in Val Verde County, Texas, and possibly in adjacent Coahuila, Mexico. Urbanization could destroy some sites.

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Nomenclature
Taxon Pediomelum humile
Authority Rydberg
Family Fabaceae
CPC Number 16069
ITIS 504178
USDA PEHU6
Duration Perennial
Common Names Rydberg scurfpea | Rydberg's Indian breadroot | Rydberg's scurpea
Associated Scientific Names Pediomelum humile | Psoralea rydbergii | Psoralea humilis
Distribution
State Rank
State State Rank
Texas S1
Ecological Relationships

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