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Astragalus crassicarpus (groundplum milkvetch; ground-plum; Ground Plum; Buffalo Plum; Pomme de Prairie)

Synonyms: Astragalus carnosus; Astragalus caryocarpus; Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx; Astragalus trichocalyx; Geoprumnon crassicarpum (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Astragalus crassicarpus var. berlandieri (Attributes)
Astragalus crassicarpus var. cavus (Attributes)
Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus
Astragalus crassicarpus var. paysonii
Astragalus crassicarpus var. trichocalyx

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  Many members of this genus contain toxic glycosides; All species with edible seedpods can be distinguished by their fleshy round or oval seedpod that looks somewhat like a greengage; A number of species can also accumulate toxic levels of selenium when grown in soils that are relatively rich in that element;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
Height [1]  20 inches (0.5 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Astragalus crassicarpus

Protected Areas

Predators

Colias eurytheme (alfalfa caterpillar)[3]
Colias philodice (clouded sulphur)[3]
Erynnis afranius (Afranius Duskywing)[4]
Strymon melinus (cotton square borer)[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Butterflies of Canada, Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0