Fabaceae (Pediomelum)

Protocol Information for:

Label_title:
Pediomelum (argophyllum)

Family Names:

Family Scientific Name:
Fabaceae

Family Common Name:
Pea family

Scientific Names:

Genus:
Pediomelum

Species:
argophyllum

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Species Authority:
(Pursh) J. Grimes

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Genus:
Psoralea

Species:
argophylla

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Pursh

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Common Name:
Silver-leaf scurf pea

Species Code:
PEDARG

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General Distribution:
P. argophyllum is found from southern Manitiba to Alberta and south to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. It inhabits prairies, sand dunes, open woodlands and stream valleys.

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Propagation Goal:
plants

Propagation Method:
seed

Product Type:
Container (plug)

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Grow Time:
0

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Propagation Processing/Propagule Characteristics:
Seeds exhibit physical dormancy.

Pre-Planting Propagule Treatments:
Seeds are scarified. Germination occurs at 24 C. Germination was equal in light anddark.

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References:
Spessard, L. L. (1988). Seed-germination studies of Psoralea esculenta Pursh (indian turnip) and Psoralea argophylla Pursh (silver scurfpea). Trans. Nebraska Acad. Sci. 16, 123-126.
Table 10.22 In: Baskin, C.J. and Baskin, J.M. Seeds: Ecology, Biogeography and Evolution in Dormancy and Germination, Academic Press, 1998. Chapter 10: A Geographical Perspective on Germination Ecology: Temperate and Arctic Zones, pages 331 to 458.

Citation:
Baskin, Jerry M.; Baskin, Carol C.. 2002. Propagation protocol for production of Container (plug) Pediomelum argophyllum (Pursh) J. Grimes plants University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky. In: Native Plant Network. URL: https://NativePlantNetwork.org (accessed 2025/08/02). US Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, National Center for Reforestation, Nurseries, and Genetic Resources.

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