Fabaceae
Sampson's snakeroot
Orbexilum pedunculatum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Orbexilum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Sampson's snakeroot
Synonyms
- Desmodium pedunculatum (Mill.) DC.
- Hedysarum pedunculatum Mill.
- Orbexilum pedunculatum var. eglandulosum (Elliott) Isely
- Orbexilum pedunculatum var. pedunculatum
- Psoralea eglandulosa Elliott
- Psoralea pedunculata (Mill.) Vail
- Psoralea psoralioides var. eglandulosa (Elliott) F.L.Freeman
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sonnia hill, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.