Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt. var. berlandieri Barneby

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Astragalus mexicana, Astragalus mexicanus A. DC., Geoprumnon mexicanum (A. DC.) Rydb.

Common names:

Buffalo-weed (1923) (156)

Earth-plum (1923) (156)

Ground-plum [Ground plum] (1900-1923) (156, 158)

Ground-plum milkvetch [Groundplum milkvetch] (Present) (50)

Larger ground-plum [Larger ground plum] (1899-1937) (5, 93, 97, 131)

Mexican ground-plum [Mexican ground plum] (1937, TX) (124)

Prairie-apple [Prairie apple] (1896-1923, Southwestern MO, fruit eaten by children) (76, 156, 158)