PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis borealis (boreal locoweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Oxytropis borealis DC.
boreal locoweed

Symbol:

OXBO

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Oxytropis borealis DC.

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Distribution:
Oxytropis borealis DC.


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USA (AK, CA, CO, ID, MN, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, NT, NU, ON, QC, YT)

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis borealis DC.

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

Distribution of Oxytropis borealis DC. var. australis S.L. Welsh. .

Oxytropis borealis var. australis
boreal locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis borealis DC. var. borealis. .

Oxytropis borealis var. borealis
boreal locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis borealis DC. var. sulphurea (A.E. Porsild) S.L. Welsh. .

Oxytropis borealis var. sulphurea
boreal locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis borealis DC. var. viscida (Nutt.) S.L. Welsh. .

Oxytropis borealis var. viscida
viscid locoweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oxytropis borealis DC.

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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 borealis DC. – boreal locoweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oxytropis borealis DC.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Minnesota:
Oxytropis viscida [=OXBOV]
sticky locoweed		Endangered
Washington:
Oxytropis borealis var. viscida
sticky crazyweed		Sensitive

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis borealis DC.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26165.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 07:26 AM CDT