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)?

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

Not Sponsored

Conservation Actions

Assigned 06/09/17

CPC's Plant Sponsorship Program provides long term stewardship of rare plants in our National Collection. We are so grateful for all our donors who have made the Plant Sponsorship Program so successful. We are in the process of acknowledging all our wonderful plant sponsorship donors on our website. This is a work in progress and will be updated regularly.

Conservation Actions

Jonathan Flickinger

10/13/2023

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.