PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis deflexa var. sericea (blue nodding locoweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray
blue nodding locoweed

Symbol:

OXDES

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

Images:
Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray

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Synonyms:
Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray

	OXDES2	Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. ssp. sericea (Torr. & A. Gray) Cody
	OXDEP	Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. parviflora B. Boivin

Distribution:
Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MT, ND, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 26 species in Oxytropis, 3 varieties in Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC.

Classification:
Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Oxytropis DC. – locoweed
Species	Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. – nodding locoweed
Variety	Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray – blue nodding locoweed

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray

Oxytropis deflexa:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW

FACU

FAC

FACU

FACW*

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC. var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 529331.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/18/2013 05:08 PM CDT