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Oxytropis sericea Nutt.
white locoweed

       
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Oxytropis sericea Nutt.

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Distribution:
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.

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USA (CO, ID, KS, MT, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WY)
 

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 26 species in Oxytropis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Oxytropis sericea Nutt. var. sericea. .
Oxytropis sericea var. sericea
white locoweed
Distribution of Oxytropis sericea Nutt. var. speciosa (Torr. & A. Gray) S.L. Welsh. .
Oxytropis sericea var. speciosa
white locoweed
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Classification:
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.

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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 sericea Nutt. – white locoweed
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.

locoweed
silky crazyweed
white locoweed

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

WSWS        Whitson, T.D. (ed.) et al. 1996. Weeds of the West. Western Society of Weed Science in cooperation with Cooperative Extension Services, University of Wyoming. Laramie, Wyoming. 630pp.
 

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis sericea Nutt.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26182.

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

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View 3 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

 
 
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