Psoralidium tenuiflorum

Psoralidium tenuiflorum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Psoralidium
Species:	P. tenuiflorum
Binomial name
	Psoralidium tenuiflorum; (Pursh) Rydb.

Psoralidium tenuiflorum, the slimflower scurfpea,[1] is a perennial in the pea family.[2] The Zuni people apply a poultice of moistened leaves to any body part for purification.[3]

Name used to be Psoralea tenuiflora (Pursh), Psoralidium tenuiflorum (Pursh) Rydb., and now Pediomelium tenuiflorum (Pursh) A. N. Egan.[4]

References

"Psoralidium tenuiflorum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
"Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30. p. 58.
"Tropicos | Name - Pediomelum tenuiflorum (Pursh) A.N. Egan". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2016-05-16.

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[1] "Psoralidium tenuiflorum". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[2] "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2018-12-13.

[3] Stevenson, Matilda Coxe (1915). Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30. p. 58.

[4] "Tropicos | Name - Pediomelum tenuiflorum (Pursh) A.N. Egan". www.tropicos.org. Retrieved 2016-05-16.