PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis campestris (field locoweed)

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PLANTS Profile

Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.
field locoweed

Symbol:

OXCA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Switzerland. Usage Requirements.

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Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.

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Distribution:
Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CO, ID, ME, MN, MT, ND, OR, SD, UT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 26 species in Oxytropis or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea
field locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. columbiana
field locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. cusickii
Cusick's locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. davisii
Davis locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. dispar
field locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. johannensis
Johann's locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. jordalii
Jordal's locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. minor

Oxytropis campestris var. roaldii
Roald's locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. spicata
field locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. varians
field locoweed

Oxytropis campestris var. wanapum
field locoweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oxytropis campestris (L.) 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
Species	Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC. – field locoweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.

This plant and the related entitiesitalicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Unites States:
Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea
Fassett's locoweed		Threatened
Maine:
St. John oxytrope		Threatened
Washington:
Oxytropis campestris var. columbiana
Columbia crazyweed		Threatened
Oxytropis campestris var. wanapum
Wanapum crazyweed		Endangered
Wisconsin:
Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea
Fassett's locoweed		Endangered

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.

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 26166.

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 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

View photographs and distribution from University of Washington Burke Museum.

Time Generated: 10/22/2008 09:25 PM MDT