Prairie turnip
Psoralea esculenta Purshscientific name, 2008: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.
other common names: breadroot, pomme blanche, pomme de prairie, prairie potato, tipsin, tipsinna
Psoralea: from Greek, meaning “scurfy” or “scabby,” from the glandular spots on the leaves, stem, and calyx
Esculenta: from Latin esculentus, meaning “fit for food”
Legume family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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