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El Paso County Wildflower Project - Slimflower Scurfpea - Jason Fazio

Slimflower Scurfpea

Bloom Season: June - August

Habitat: It typically thrives in the Plains and Foothills life zones (3,800 to 6,500 ft), preferring dry, gravelly, or well-drained soils in open areas like prairies, roadsides, and open pinelands.

Photography Notes: Susceptible to a breeze

Credits: Jason Fazio, 7 July

Pediomelum tenuiflorum, the slimflower scurfpea, is a perennial in the pea family. It is about 2–3 feet (0.6–0.9 m) tall and has a lot of leaves on top. Its leaves can reach a length of 3 inches (80 mm).[3] This flower can be found mainly in the central and southwestern U.S.

Pediomelum tenuiflorum is a much-branched, herbaceous perennial plant growing to a height of 40–100 centimeters (1.5–3.5 ft),[4] but may reach 1.2 m (4 ft).[5] The stems sprout from an underground caudex atop a deep taproot.[6] The stems may grow directly upward or outward for a distance before curving to grow upward.[7] The slender stems have eight or more long sections between nodes and are covered in dense to sparse rigid that lay flat to the surface of the stem giving them a gray green appearance.[4][7]

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Slimflower Scurfpea (native) is one of many wildflowers featured in the El Paso CO Wildflower Project, a community-built field guide documenting the wildflowers of El Paso County, Colorado.