Key to Pediomelum
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(For a list of species in Pediomelum, use the above link.)
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1. Leaves on plant all
palmately compound,
leaflets 15–28 mm;
pedicel Stalk of an individual flower in an inflorescence, or the corresponding structure in fruit.
4–6 mm;
seed smooth
..... P. californicum 1' Leaves on plant both palmately and subpalmately compound (1
leaflet A leaf-like unit of a compound leaf; distinguished from a leaf by the absence in its axil of a bud, branch, thorn, or flower; lacking lateral, basal appendages (stipules); either simple (leaf 1-compound, with primary leaflets) or compound (leaf 2-compound, with primary and secondary leaflets; 3-compound, with primary, secondary, and tertiary leaflets, etc).
extended beyond others), leaflets 25–42 mm; pedicel 0–1.5 mm; seed ridged
..... P. castoreum
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