Pediomelum canescens (Michx.) Rydb.

Much branched, 3–10 dm from a tuberous-thickened root; petioles under 1 cm, equaling or shorter than the well developed petiolules; lower lvs 3-foliolate, the upper often 1-foliolate; lfls elliptic to obovate, 2–5 cm, blunt or rounded, gray-villous beneath; fls blue, 11–14 mm; cal very gibbous at base, thinly villous, glandular-punctate, the tube 3–4 mm, the 4 upper lobes 3.5–4.5 mm, the lowest one 5–6 mm. Dry, sandy soil; se. Va. to Fla. and Ala. (Psoralea c.)

Sandy woods. Dry pineland and oak ridges on the coastal plain.

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.