Ladeania lanceolata Calflora

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Taxon Report

Ladeania lanceolata (Pursh) A. N. Egan & Reveal

Lance-leaved scurf-pea

2011 Steve Matson

Ladeania lanceolata is a perennial herb that is native to California, and also found elsewhere in western North America.

also called Psoralidium lanceolatum

California Rare Plant Rank: 2B.3 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA; common elsewhere).


	Plant Range Observation Search ~48 records in California Plant Characteristics one or more occurrences within a 7.5-minute quadrangle

Bloom Period

Photos on Calflora


Genus:	Ladeania
Family:	Fabaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Communities: Sagebrush Scrub

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + CNPS

Alternate Names:


JEF	Psoralea lanceolata ssp. scabra
JEF	Psoralea lanceolata
JEF + CNPS	Psoralidium lanceolatum

Information about Ladeania lanceolata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX Commercial availability unknown. Jepson eFlora Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape CNPS Inventory: 2B.3 Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
[Wikipedia] Taxonomy: Ladeania 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. (link added by Mary Ann Machi) photos / record / common / links

Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2024. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 11/21/2024).