PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis (locoweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Oxytropis DC.
locoweed

Symbol:

OXYTR

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Growth Habit:

Native Status:

None

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Oxytropis DC.

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Distribution:
Oxytropis DC.

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Related Taxa:
Oxytropis DC.

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

Distribution of Oxytropis arctica R. Br.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis arctica
arctic locoweed

Oxytropis arctobia

Oxytropis bellii

Distribution of Oxytropis besseyi (Rydb.) Blank.. .

Oxytropis besseyi
Bessey's locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis borealis DC.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis borealis
boreal locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis campestris
field locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis deflexa
nodding locoweed

Oxytropis halleri

Distribution of Oxytropis huddelsonii A.E. Porsild. .

Oxytropis huddelsonii
Huddelson's locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis kobukensis S.L. Welsh. . Image Available.

Oxytropis kobukensis
Kobuk locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis kokrinensis A.E. Porsild. .

Oxytropis kokrinensis
Kokrines locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis lagopus Nutt.. .

Oxytropis lagopus
haresfoot locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis lambertii Pursh. . Image Available.

Oxytropis lambertii
purple locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis maydelliana Trautv.. .

Oxytropis maydelliana
Maydell's oxytrope

Distribution of Oxytropis mertensiana Turcz.. .

Oxytropis mertensiana
Mertens' oxytrope

Distribution of Oxytropis monticola A. Gray. .

Oxytropis monticola
yellowflower locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis multiceps Nutt.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis multiceps
Nuttall's oxytrope

Oxytropis nana
Wyoming locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis nigrescens (Pall.) Fisch. ex DC.. .

Oxytropis nigrescens
blackish oxytrope

Distribution of Oxytropis oreophila A. Gray. . Image Available.

Oxytropis oreophila
mountain oxytrope

Distribution of Oxytropis parryi A. Gray. .

Oxytropis parryi
Parry's oxytrope

Distribution of Oxytropis podocarpa A. Gray. . Image Available.

Oxytropis podocarpa
stalkpod locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis riparia Litv.. .

Oxytropis riparia
Oxus locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis scammaniana Hultén. .

Oxytropis scammaniana
Scamman's oxytrope

Distribution of Oxytropis sericea Nutt.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis sericea
white locoweed

Distribution of Oxytropis splendens Douglas ex Hook.. . Image Available.

Oxytropis splendens
showy locoweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oxytropis 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

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis DC.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26155.

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

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 04:01 AM CDT