Everwilde Farms - 15 Ground Plum Native Wildflower Seeds - Gold Vault Seed Packet

A member of the legume family, this plant grows unusual plum-like fruits in addition to bright purple flowers. The heat-loving plant makes an excellent choice for rock gardens. This nitrogen fixing legume grows well in almost any type of dry ground, and can be found sprawling over gravelly slopes or clay banks where few other plants would dare to establish themselves. Its unusual plum-like fruits were sometimes called the "food of buffalo" by Native American tribes, though the raw or boiled fruits were also a favorite food of both Native Americans and early settlers. English naturalist Thomas Nuttall first documented this species in 1810, on an expedition to North Dakota's Mandan settlements. The species name "crassicarpus" means "thick-fruited."