Psoralea. Psoralea esculenta. Prairie turnip, Prairie potato.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Orbexilum pedunculatum (P. Mill.) Rydb.
Engl.: Sampson's snakeroot, Bob's root, Congo root, Samson snake-root.
Bot. syn.: Hedysarum pedunculatum P. Mill., Psoralea melilotoides Michx., Psoralea pedunculata (P. Mill.) Vail, Psoralea psoralioides (Walt.) Cory.
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