PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis splendens (showy locoweed)

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Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.
showy locoweed

Symbol:

OXSP

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.

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: 390. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.

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Synonyms:
Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.

	ARSP9	Aragallus splendens (Douglas ex Hook.) Greene
	ASSP15	Astragalus splendens (Douglas ex Hook.) Tidestr.
	OXRI2	Oxytropis richardsonii (Hook.) K. Schum.
	OXSPR	Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook. var. richardsonii Hook.
	OXSPV	Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook. var. vestita Hook.

Distribution:
Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.


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USA (AK, CO, MN, MT, ND, NM, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 26 species in Oxytropis

Classification:
Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.

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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 splendens Douglas ex Hook. – showy 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NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]).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 splendens Douglas ex Hook.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

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Reg. 4

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Reg. 6

Reg. 7

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Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FAC

FACU-

FACU

FAC*

FAC

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.

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 26162.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 02:21 AM CST