Historical Common Names of Great Plains Plants:

Astragalus crassicarpus Nutt. var. crassicarpus

origin: native

Scientific Synonyms: Astragalus caryocarpus Ker-Gawl., Astragalus succulentus Richards., Geoprumnon crassicarpum (Nutt.) Rydb. ex Small., Geoprumnon succulentum (Richards.) Rydb.

Common names:

Buffalo-apple [Buffalo apple] (1896-1923) (5, 76, 156)

Buffalo-bean [Buffalo bean] (1896-1932) (5, 76, 85, 156)

Buffalo-pea [Buffalo pea] (1894-1919) (5, 37, 114)

Earth-plum (1923) (156)

Ground-plum [Ground plum, Ground plums] (1913-1937) (5, 37, 93, 97)

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

Indian pea (1905, MT) (101)

Indian wild plum (1926, Neb) (98)

Indian-apples [Indian apples] (1926, Neb) (98)

Milkvetch [Milk vetch] (1923) (156)

Pte ta wote (1919, Dakota, food of buffalo) (37)

Tdika shande (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)

Wamide wenigthe (1919, Omaha-Ponca) (37)