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field locoweed

Oxytropis campestris

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 85, February 79, March 123, April 144, May 222, June 193, July 153, August 137, September 120, October 95, November 77, December 78.
United States7,164
Canada5,437
British Columbia1,506
Alberta1,174
Alaska636
Quebec549
Yukon501
Washington272
Saskatchewan196
France189

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
GenusLocoweed · Oxytropis

Sources

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Practise field locoweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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