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Pediomelum canescens
Also called Psoralea Canescens
Buckroot is a perennial legume shrub or subshrub native to the southeastern US coastal plain, usually found in sandy pine flatwoods and longleaf pine sandhills. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it needs well-drained sandy soil and full sun.
Pediomelum canescens, commonly known as buckroot, hoary scurfpea, and eastern prairie-turnip, is a species of perennial legume endemic to the southeast region of the United States.
This species's native range encompasses the United States coastal plain, stretching from southeastern Virginia to Florida and westward to Alabama.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pediomelum canescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
