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Blackish Locoweed

Oxytropis nigrescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 42, February 31, March 49, April 77, May 111, June 121, July 129, August 111, September 82, October 61, November 33, December 26.
United States875
Canada577
Alaska394
Yukon248
British Columbia94
Russia75
Krasnoyarsk Krai68
Nunavut52
Northwest Territories26
Sakha Republic2

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • 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

Classification

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

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