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Ground plum or buffalo plum
Astragalus crassicarpus
About
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.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Astragalus crassicarpus
- Slug
- astragalus-crassicarpus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Astragalus
- Species
- crassicarpus
- Wikidata QID
- Q289308
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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