[4] Fertilized flowers are followed by smooth surfaced pods with conspicuous glands each containing one seed.

[7] When the seeds are ripe the top of the plant dries out and separates and may be blown by the wind like a tumbleweed.

[8] This plant was first described by the German-American botanist Frederick Traugott Pursh who gave it the name Psoralea tenuiflora.

[10] It is still listed as Psoralidium tenuiflorum by the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS database.

Its range covers most of Oklahoma and many parts of Texas, but is only reported by the UDSA from three counties in Indiana, and one in Kentucky and Mississippi.

[10] A hardy plant that prefers semi-desert, sandy habitats, scrubland, and woodland, Pediomelum tenuiflorum is resistant to drought because of its long taproot.

For example, its root is edible either raw or cooked and can also be ground up and used to thicken soups, or mixed with cereals to make bread.

[15] The Zuni people apply a poultice of moistened leaves to any body part for purification.