Astragalus plattensis
Torr. & A. Gray
Platte milkvetch
(c) Pankaj Kumar, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Pods
The young pods are eaten.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate plant.
Mexico, North America, USA,
How to Identify
A temperate herb in the Fabaceae family with young edible pods.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Astragalus plattensis, the Platte River milkvetch, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, native to North America. It was named in 1838. Its range includes the Great Plains of the United States, from southern Montana and North Dakota south to central Texas. Astragalus plattensis is also sometimes called ground plum, a name it shares with some other species in the genus Astragalus, particularly Astragalus crassicarpus. The two species are sometimes confused, though in general, the fruiting pods of A. crassicarpus are glabrous (hairless) while those of A. plattensis are hairy.
References (1)
- Kermath, B. M., et al, 2014, Food Plants in the Americas: A survey of the domesticated, cultivated and wild plants used for Human food in North, Central and South America and the Caribbean. On line draft. p 98
