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Psoralidium lanceolatum (syn. Ladeania lanceolata)[1] is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by several common names, including lemon scurfpea, wild lemonweed, and dune scurfpea.[2]

Psoralidium lanceolatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Psoralidium
Species:	P. lanceolatum
Binomial name
Psoralidium lanceolatum (Pursh) Rydb.
Synonyms
Psoralea lanceolata Psoralea micrantha Psoralea scabra Psoralea stenostachys

It is native to western North America from central Canada to California to Texas, where it grows in sandy habitat, such as alluvial plains[1] and sagebrush.[3]

It is a perennial herb with a branching, heavily glandular stem growing 30 to 60 centimeters tall. The leaves are palmately compound, each made up of usually three linear or lance-shaped leaflets borne on a short petiole. The inflorescence is a raceme of flowers emerging from a leaf axil. Each flower is under a centimeter long with a pealike corolla in shades of light purple-blue to white. The fruit is a hairy, glandular, spherical legume.[1]

The Zuni people eat the fresh flowers to treat stomachaches.[4]

References

External links

• Psoralidium lanceolatum. USDA PLANTS.
• CalPhotos.

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