. Botanical and vegetation survey of Carter County, Montana, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands . Botany; Rare plants. Illustration by Jeanne R. Janish, From 'Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest' PSORALEA HYPOGAEA LITTLE INDIAN BREADROOT Little Indian Breadroot is a perennial herb with a deep, club-shaped root that is up to 6 cm long and surmounted by a subterranean connecting stem. Above ground, the plant consists of a rosette of long-petioled leaves that are palmately divided into 3-7 linear-elliptic leaflets that are 25-50 mm long. The foliage is covered with dot-like glands
. Botanical and vegetation survey of Carter County, Montana, Bureau of Land Management-administered lands . Botany; Rare plants. Illustration by Jeanne R. Janish, From 'Vascular Plants of the Pacific Northwest' PSORALEA HYPOGAEA LITTLE INDIAN BREADROOT Little Indian Breadroot is a perennial herb with a deep, club-shaped root that is up to 6 cm long and surmounted by a subterranean connecting stem. Above ground, the plant consists of a rosette of long-petioled leaves that are palmately divided into 3-7 linear-elliptic leaflets that are 25-50 mm long. The foliage is covered with dot-like glands and dense, white appressed hairs, but the upper leaf surfaces become glabrous with age. Blue, pea-like flowers are borne in condensed spikes arising among the bases of the leaf petioles at or barely above ground-level. The tubular calyx is 6-9 mm long and has 4 long, narrow lobes and a fifth that is longer and broader. The upper petal is 10-13 mm long and held forward. The hairy pods are egg-shaped, ca. 5 mm long, and each has a beak that is 5-13 mm long. Flowering end of May-June. PSORALEA ESCULENTA has a distinct flowering stem with spreading pubesence on the stem and leaf petiole, while PSORALEA HYPOGAEA is stemless and has appressed Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Vanderhorst, James P; Cooper, Stephen V; Heidel, Bonnie L; United States. Bureau of Land Management; Montana Natural Heritage Program. Helena, MT : Montana Natural Heritage Program
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