Astragalus crassicarpus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
- Species
- Astragalus crassicarpus
- Scientific Name
- Astragalus crassicarpus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Astragalus crassicarpus
Astragalus crassicarpus, known as ground plum or buffalo plum, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to North America. It was described in 1813. The fruit is edible and was used by Native Americans as food and horse medicine. It is a host of afranius duskywing larvae. It is also known as groundplum milkvetch and pomme de prairie.
...Astragalus crassicarpus in languages:
- Chinese
- 粗果黃耆
- English
- Ground-plum
- French
- Astragale graines-de-boeuf
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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