Ladeania lanceolata (syn. Psoralidium lanceolatum) is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by several common names, including lemon scurfpea, wild lemonweed, and dune scurfpea.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Ladeania |
| Species: | L. lanceolata
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| Ladeania lanceolata (Pursh) Reveal & A.N.Egan
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It is native to western North America from central Canada to California to Texas, where it grows in sandy habitat, such as alluvial plains[4] and sagebrush.[5]
Description
editIt 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.[4]
Taxonomy
editLadeania lanceolata was given its first scientific description by the botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh in 1813. He named it Psoralea lanceolata. It was moved to the genus Psoralidium by Per Axel Rydberg in 1919 with the name Psoralidium lanceolatum. He also separated out six variants as species that are now regarded as synonyms. In 2009 James Lauritz Reveal and Ashley Noel Egan published a paper where they reclassified with the name Ladeania lanceolata.[2]
Ladeania lanceolata is listed as the accepted name by Plants of the World Online,[2] World Flora Online,[6] and World Plants.[7] It continues to be listed as Psoralidium lanceolatum by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database.[8]
Traditional uses
editThe Zuni people eat the fresh flowers to treat stomachaches.[9]
References
edit- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Ladeania lanceolata". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Ladeania lanceolata (Pursh) Reveal & A.N.Egan". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Psoralidium lanceolatum. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
- ^ a b Ladeania lanceolata. Jepson eFlora.
- ^ Laedeania lanceolata. Burke Museum, University of Washington.
- ^ "Ladeania lanceolata (Pursh) Reveal & A.N.Egan". World Flora Online. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Hassler, Michael (18 July 2024). "Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. Version 24.7". World Plants. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Psoralidium lanceolatum, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Profile, 1 August 2024
- ^ Camazine, Scott & Robert A. Bye (1980). "A study of the medical ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians of New Mexico". Journal of Ethnopharmacology. 2 (4): 365–388. doi:10.1016/S0378-8741(80)81017-8. PMID 6893476.
External links
edit- Psoralidium lanceolatum. USDA PLANTS.
- CalPhotos.
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