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Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus
Groundplum Milkvetch
USDA ASCRC3
Montana Indian Food, Unspecified
Fleshy, plum-like pods eaten raw, boiled and used for pickles.
Blankinship, J. W., 1905, Native Economic Plants of Montana, Bozeman. Montana Agricultural College Experimental Station, Bulletin 56, page 7
Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus
Groundplum Milkvetch
USDA ASCRC3
Omaha Other, Ceremonial Items
Fruits gathered just before corn planting time and ceremonially soaked with seed corn. The fruits were not planted with the seed corn, but were discarded before planting. The informants could not give a reason for this process as they said they had forgotten the origin of the old custom.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91
Astragalus crassicarpus var. crassicarpus
Groundplum Milkvetch
USDA ASCRC3
Ponca Other, Ceremonial Items
Fruits gathered just before corn planting time and ceremonially soaked with seed corn. The fruits were not planted with the seed corn, but were discarded before planting. The informants could not give a reason for this process as they said they had forgotten the origin of the old custom.
Gilmore, Melvin R., 1919, Uses of Plants by the Indians of the Missouri River Region, SI-BAE Annual Report #33, page 91
Astragalus cyaneus Gray
Cyanic Milkvetch
USDA ASCY
Keres, Western Food, Unspecified
Tubers eaten.
Swank, George R., 1932, The Ethnobotany of the Acoma and Laguna Indians, University of New Mexico, M.A. Thesis, page 31
Astragalus giganteus S. Wats.
Giant Milkvetch
USDA ASGI2
Thompson Food, Fodder
Used as a rich horse and deer feed.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 514
Astragalus gracilis Nutt.
Slender Milkvetch
USDA ASGR3
Lakota Drug, Gynecological Aid
Roots chewed by mothers with no milk.
Rogers, Dilwyn J, 1980, Lakota Names and Traditional Uses of Native Plants by Sicangu (Brule) People in the Rosebud Area, South Dakota, St. Francis, SD. Rosebud Educational Scoiety, page 46
Astragalus humistratus var. sonorae (Gray) M.E. Jones
Groundcover Milkvetch
USDA ASHUS
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Plant used as a ceremonial chant lotion.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus humistratus var. sonorae (Gray) M.E. Jones
Groundcover Milkvetch
USDA ASHUS
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Dermatological Aid
Dried plant used as a dusting powder for sores.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus humistratus var. sonorae (Gray) M.E. Jones
Groundcover Milkvetch
USDA ASHUS
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Leaves or whole plant used as 'life medicine.'
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus S. Wats.
Tall Spiny Milkvetch
USDA ASKEE
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Cold infusion of whole plant used as a ceremonial chant lotion.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus kentrophyta var. elatus S. Wats.
Tall Spiny Milkvetch
USDA ASKEE
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Panacea
Root used as a 'life medicine.'
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus kentrophyta var. kentrophyta
Spiny Milkvetch
USDA ASKEK
Navajo Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Plant used for rabies.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 56
Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & Welsh
Prairie Milkvetch
USDA ASLAR
Cheyenne Drug, Dermatological Aid
Ground leaf and stem sprinkled on skin in cases of poison ivy.
Grinnell, George Bird, 1905, Some Cheyenne Plant Medicines, American Anthropologist 7:37-43, page 40
Astragalus laxmannii var. robustior (Hook.) Barneby & Welsh
Prairie Milkvetch
USDA ASLAR
Cheyenne Drug, Dermatological Aid
Ground leaves and stems sprinkled on watery poison ivy rash.
Grinnell, George Bird, 1972, The Cheyenne Indians - Their History and Ways of Life Vol.2, Lincoln. University of Nebraska Press, page 179
Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus (Gray) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLED
Acoma Food, Unspecified
Fleshy roots eaten fresh.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 17
Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus (Gray) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLED
Apache, White Mountain Food, Fruit
Pea fruit eaten raw and cooked.
Reagan, Albert B., 1929, Plants Used by the White Mountain Apache Indians of Arizona, Wisconsin Archeologist 8:143-61., page 155
Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus (Gray) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLED
Jemez Food, Unspecified
Pods eaten raw or cooked.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 17
Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus (Gray) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLED
Laguna Food, Unspecified
Fleshy roots eaten fresh.
Castetter, Edward F., 1935, Ethnobiological Studies in the American Southwest I. Uncultivated Native Plants Used as Sources of Food, University of New Mexico Bulletin 4(1):1-44, page 17
Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus (Gray) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLED
Zuni Food, Dried Food
Pods dried for winter use.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 65
Astragalus lentiginosus var. diphysus (Gray) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLED
Zuni Food, Unspecified
Pods eaten fresh, boiled and salted.
Stevenson, Matilda Coxe, 1915, Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians, SI-BAE Annual Report #30, page 65
Astragalus lentiginosus var. palans (M.E. Jones) M.E. Jones
Speckledpod Milkvetch
USDA ASLEP
Navajo, Kayenta Other, Ceremonial Items
Plant used as a charm in some prayers.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.
Rushy Milkvetch
USDA ASLO3
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic
Plant used as an emetic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus lonchocarpus Torr.
Rushy Milkvetch
USDA ASLO3
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Poultice
Poultice of plant applied to goiter.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
USDA ASMIM4
Okanagan-Colville Food, Unspecified
Seeds used for food.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 105
Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
USDA ASMIM4
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator
Blooming plant indicated that the lodgepole pine cambium was ready to harvest.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 28
Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
USDA ASMIM4
Okanagan-Colville Other, Season Indicator
Blooms indicated that pine cambium was ready to eat.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 105
Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
USDA ASMIM4
Okanagan-Colville Other, Tools
Plant used to wipe the juice from the lodgepole pine bark before the cambium was scraped off.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 28
Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
USDA ASMIM4
Okanagan-Colville Other, Tools
Used to wipe off the turpentine like juice from the inside of stripped pine bark.
Turner, Nancy J., R. Bouchard and Dorothy I.D. Kennedy, 1980, Ethnobotany of the Okanagan-Colville Indians of British Columbia and Washington, Victoria. British Columbia Provincial Museum, page 105
Astragalus miser Dougl.
Weedy Milkvetch
USDA ASMIM4
Thompson Food, Unspecified
Plant placed at the top of the cooking pit in the absence of black tree lichen and wild onion.
Turner, Nancy J., Laurence C. Thompson and M. Terry Thompson et al., 1990, Thompson Ethnobotany: Knowledge and Usage of Plants by the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, Victoria. Royal British Columbia Museum, page 222
Astragalus miser var. decumbens (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Cronq.
Prostrate Loco Milkvetch
USDA ASMID
Thompson Food, Fodder
Used as a rich horse and deer feed.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 514
Astragalus mollissimus Torr.
Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM5
Mahuna Drug, Poison
Plant considered poisonous.
Romero, John Bruno, 1954, The Botanical Lore of the California Indians, New York. Vantage Press, Inc., page 36
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo Other, Ceremonial Items
Used by the male and female shooters in the Lightning Chant.
Elmore, Francis H., 1944, Ethnobotany of the Navajo, Sante Fe, NM. School of American Research, page 56
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus mollissimus var. matthewsii (S. Wats.) Barneby
Matthews' Woolly Milkvetch
USDA ASMOM2
Navajo, Ramah Food, Forage
Plant and roots eaten by sheep.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus pachypus Greene
Thickpod Milkvetch
USDA ASPAP5
Kawaiisu Drug, Analgesic
Decoction of roots taken for menstrual pains.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 14
Astragalus pachypus Greene
Thickpod Milkvetch
USDA ASPAP5
Kawaiisu Drug, Gynecological Aid
Decoction of roots taken for menstrual pains.
Zigmond, Maurice L., 1981, Kawaiisu Ethnobotany, Salt Lake City. University of Utah Press, page 14
Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
USDA ASPA14
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Ear Medicine
Plant used for any disease of the ears.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
USDA ASPA14
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Emetic
Plant used as an emetic.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
USDA ASPA14
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Eye Medicine
Plant used for any disease of the eyes.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
USDA ASPA14
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Misc. Disease Remedy
Plant used for mumps.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
USDA ASPA14
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Other
Plant used for sore throats or swollen neck.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus pattersonii Gray
Patterson's Milkvetch
USDA ASPA14
Navajo, Kayenta Drug, Throat Aid
Plant used for any disease of the throat.
Wyman, Leland C. and Stuart K. Harris, 1951, The Ethnobotany of the Kayenta Navaho, Albuquerque. The University of New Mexico Press, page 27
Astragalus polaris Benth.
Polar Milkvetch
USDA ASPO
Eskimo, Alaska Food, Unspecified
Tiny peas eaten raw or cooked.
Ager, Thomas A. and Lynn Price Ager, 1980, Ethnobotany of The Eskimos of Nelson Island, Alaska, Arctic Anthropology 27:26-48, page 36
Astragalus praelongus Sheldon
Stinking Milkvetch
USDA ASPRP2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Ceremonial Medicine
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus praelongus Sheldon
Stinking Milkvetch
USDA ASPRP2
Navajo, Ramah Drug, Emetic
Leaves used as a ceremonial emetic.
Vestal, Paul A., 1952, The Ethnobotany of the Ramah Navaho, Papers of the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology 40(4):1-94, page 32
Astragalus purshii Dougl. ex Hook.
Woollypod Milkvetch
USDA ASPUP7
Thompson Drug, Dermatological Aid
Decoction of whole plant used as a wash for the head, hair and whole body.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 473474
Astragalus purshii Dougl. ex Hook.
Woollypod Milkvetch
USDA ASPUP7
Thompson Drug, Disinfectant
Decoction of roots taken and poured on head in sweathouse for purification.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 504
Astragalus purshii Dougl. ex Hook.
Woollypod Milkvetch
USDA ASPUP7
Thompson Drug, Hunting Medicine
Decoction of plant poured onto hunting equipment which had 'lost its luck.'
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 507
Astragalus purshii Dougl. ex Hook.
Woollypod Milkvetch
USDA ASPUP7
Thompson Food, Forage
Used as a common forage plant.
Steedman, E.V., 1928, The Ethnobotany of the Thompson Indians of British Columbia, SI-BAE Annual Report #45:441-522, page 516