Mar. 8, 2022
slenderleaf scurfpea, Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Slenderleaf scurfpea, or simply scurfy-pea, is mostly a plant of our Great Plains. Native people used it to treat headaches and tuberculosis. The Navajo used to for sheep with coughs. Scurfpea was also smoked in ceremonies. It grows in AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WI, and WY. Sedgwick Co CO, 6/25/13. Bean family, Fabaceae.
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Hi Denise
Just thinking it's almost time to come look for Platanthera flava. Bob
Hi Bob:
I found it on Eber Rd, about 1.5 mi S. of Kitty Todd Preserve 1/4 mi from Metroparks land. I’m guessing it came in on the RR. (NwOhio)
Apparently so, but not on all plants. The brown only shows a little in this image.
Regarding umber pussytoes, one reference calls it brown-brackted pussytoes. Are it's bracts browner than other pussytoes?