Ground Plum
Astragalus crassicarpus
Low, sprawling milkvetch with purple pea flowers followed by plump, plum-like edible pods on the spring prairie. A nitrogen-fixing legume of dry uplands.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.25–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- white, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Landscape uses
- border, container, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AR, AZ, CO, IA, IL, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WI, WY