Scientific Name: Pediomelum esculentum (Pursh) Rydb.

Caption: Pomme de Prairie

Photographer: Peter Gorman

Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/52421717@N00/3609436632/

Locality: Black Earth, Wisconsin, United States (43.139269, -89.773203)

Notes: Pomme de Prairie (Pediomelum esculentum), Black Earth Rettenmund Prairie. Also known as Prairie Turnip or Indian Breadroot, it got its name from its edible tuber. The literal translation of its Latin name is "edible plain apple".

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