PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis arctica (arctic locoweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Oxytropis arctica R. Br.
arctic locoweed

Symbol:

OXAR2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Oxytropis arctica R. Br.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 389. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Oxytropis arctica R. Br.

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Distribution:
Oxytropis arctica R. Br.


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USA (AK), CAN (BC, NT, NU, YT)

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis arctica R. Br.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 26 species in Oxytropis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Oxytropis arctica R. Br. var. arctica. .

Oxytropis arctica var. arctica
arctic locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis arctica R. Br. var. barnebyana S.L. Welsh. .

Oxytropis arctica var. barnebyana
Barneby's locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis arctica R. Br. var. koyukukensis (A.E. Porsild) S.L. Welsh. .

Oxytropis arctica var. koyukukensis
Koyukuk locoweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oxytropis arctica R. Br.

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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 arctica R. Br. – arctic locoweed

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Oxytropis arctica R. Br.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26163.

Time Generated: 05/24/2013 03:03 AM CDT