Oxytropis - Wikipedia
WEBOxytropis is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. [1] It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals.
Oxytropis lambertii (Lambert's Locoweed) - Minnesota …
WEBPhotos and information about Minnesota flora - Lambert's Locoweed: spike clusters to 12 inches long, ¾-inch deep pink to purple to blue, pea-shaped flowers, with a silky hairy calyx.
Oxytropis lambertii - Wikipedia
WEBOxytropis lambertii is a perennial herb producing a patch of basal leaves around the root crown, and several showy erect inflorescences. The leaf is compound with several silvery-green leaflets.
Oxytropis splendens - Wikipedia
WEBOxytropis splendens, commonly known as showy locoweed, is a flowering perennial in the legume family endemic to the east slope of the Rocky Mountains. [3] Growing in Canada, Alaska, several Great Plains states, and parts of the Mountain West, O. splendens grows well in harsh alpine ecosystems, allowing it to quickly colonize gravel and coal ...
Locoweed (Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.) : USDA ARS
WEBLocoweed flowers resemble sweet peas. Blossoms may be blue, purple, yellow, or white. Each stem contains numerous leaves and a leaflet on its tip; leaves are pinnately compound. Where and When It Grows. Locoweeds are commonly found on mountains, foothills, and plains and in semiarid desert regions.
WEBIntroduction. Locoweed poisoning of livestock is the most widespread poisonous plant problem on Western U.S. rangelands (Kingsbury 1964). Species of Astragalus and Oxytropis occur in every major plant community.
Oxytropis - USDA Plants Database
WEBThe PLANTS Database includes the following 1510 data sources of Oxytropis DC. - Showing 1 to 25 «
Guide to Poisonous Plants - Colorado State University
WEBOxytropis lambertii, purple locoweed, is very similar in its habitat and distribution to white locoweed. It differs from white locoweed in that it has purple flowers, generally fewer and smaller leaves and tends to flower immediately after white locoweed is finishing blooming.
Locoweed | Toxic, Poisonous, Invasive | Britannica
WEBlocoweed, any of several species of poisonous plants of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, in the pea family (Fabaceae). Locoweeds are native to the prairies of north central and western North America and can pose a danger to livestock, horses, and other grazing animals.
Oxytropis - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
WEBAstragalus spp. and Oxytropis spp. are perennial flowering plants found frequently in the rangelands of the western United States, Asia, South America and also in Europe.
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