PLANTS Profile for Oxytropis lambertii (purple locoweed)

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Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
purple locoweed

Symbol:

OXLA3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N

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Oxytropis lambertii Pursh

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Distribution:
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CO, IA, KS, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, UT, WY), CAN (BC, MB, SK)

Related Taxa:
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh

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

Oxytropis lambertii var. articulata
purple locoweed

Oxytropis lambertii var. bigelovii
purple locoweed

Oxytropis lambertii var. lambertii
purple locoweed

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh

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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 lambertii Pursh – purple locoweed

U.S. Weed Information:
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh

Lambert crazyweed
Lambert loco
purple locoweed
stemless loco
white woollyloco
whitepoint 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.

NE&GP

Stubbendieck, J., G.Y. Friisoe, & M.R. Bolick. 1994. Weeds of Nebraska and the Great Plains. Nebraska Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Lincoln, Nebraska. 589pp.

Wetland Indicator Status:
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

UPL,FACU

FACU-

UPL

FACU

UPL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Oxytropis lambertii Pursh

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 26175.

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 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.

Time Generated: 10/05/2008 02:18 AM MDT