Hog Potato, Indian Rushpea
Hoffmannseggia glauca (Ortega) Eifert
Fabaceae (Legume Family)
▲▼ young shoots
▲▼ flowering plants
▲▼ flowers
▲ fruit (pods)
Hog Potato, Indian Rushpea:
· Creeping perennial native plant in the Legume (Bean) Family
· Produces creeping roots and short, relatively-unbranched stems growing 6-12” tall
· Leaves are bipinnately compound, dark-green, with many slender leaflets
· Flowers are bright orange-yellow on short, slender spikes
· Toxic to livestock if grazed, but usually not grazed
· Found in sandy, dry soils of western Midwest in prairies, range on roadsides