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Locoweeds
Oxytropis
Oxytropis is a genus of plants in the legume family. It includes over 600 species native to subarctic to temperate regions of North America and Eurasia. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genera are the closely related Astragalus, and the Australian Swainsona. Most oxtropis species are native to Eurasia and North America, but several species are native to the Arctic. These are hairy perennial plants which produce raceme inflorescences of pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers which are generally pea-like but have distinctive sharply beaked keels. The stems are leafless, the leaves being all basal. The plant produces legume pods containing the seeds.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
White Point-vetch
speciesOxytropis sericea
Lambert's Locoweed
speciesOxytropis lambertii
field locoweed
speciesOxytropis campestris
Showy Locoweed
speciesOxytropis splendens
Hairy oxytrope
speciesOxytropis pilosa
boreal locoweed
speciesOxytropis borealis
Oxytropis strobilacea
speciesOxytropis strobilacea
Nodding Locoweed
speciesOxytropis deflexa
Blackish Locoweed
speciesOxytropis nigrescens
mountain milkvetch
speciesOxytropis montana
Gray's Point-vetch
speciesOxytropis podocarpa
Oxytropis campanulata
speciesOxytropis campanulata
Oxytropis sordida
speciesOxytropis sordida
Dense leaf Crazyweed
speciesOxytropis myriophylla
Nuttall's Oxytrope
speciesOxytropis multiceps
Oxytropis coerulea
speciesOxytropis coerulea
Bessey's Locoweed
speciesOxytropis besseyi
Oxytropis turczaninovii
speciesOxytropis turczaninovii
Maydell's Point-vetch
speciesOxytropis maydelliana
Hare's-foot Point-vetch
speciesOxytropis lagopus
Mountain Oxytrope
speciesOxytropis oreophila
Oxytropis lanata
speciesOxytropis lanata
Oxytropis aciphylla
speciesOxytropis aciphylla
Oxytropis tragacanthoides
speciesOxytropis tragacanthoides
Oxytropis glabra
speciesOxytropis glabra
northern beaked milkvetch
speciesOxytropis lapponica
Purple Oxytropis
speciesOxytropis halleri
Oxytropis longirostra
speciesOxytropis longirostra
Oxytropis helvetica
speciesOxytropis helvetica
Oxytropis triphylla
speciesOxytropis triphylla
Oxytropis caespitosa
speciesOxytropis caespitosa
Oxytropis neglecta
speciesOxytropis neglecta
Small Leaved Locoweed
speciesOxytropis microphylla
Crazyweed muricate
speciesOxytropis muricata
Arctic Locoweed
speciesOxytropis arctica
Oxytropis oxyphylla
speciesOxytropis oxyphylla
Oxytropis sylvatica
speciesOxytropis sylvatica
Oxytropis floribunda
speciesOxytropis floribunda
Oxytrope
speciesOxytropis nitens
Oxytropis revoluta
speciesOxytropis revoluta
Oxytropis squammulosa
speciesOxytropis squammulosa
Oxytropis lazica
speciesOxytropis lazica
Oxytropis erecta
speciesOxytropis erecta
Oxytropis adamsiana
speciesOxytropis adamsiana
hairy-fruited whorled bladder oxytrope
speciesOxytropis trichophysa
Oxytropis peschkovae
speciesOxytropis peschkovae
dwarf bladder oxytrope
speciesOxytropis pumila
parry's oxytrope
speciesOxytropis parryi
Scamman's Locoweed
speciesOxytropis scammaniana
Oxytropis pallasii
speciesOxytropis pallasii
Oxytropis leptophylla
speciesOxytropis leptophylla
Oxytropis knjazevii
speciesOxytropis knjazevii
Oxytropis hippolyti
speciesOxytropis hippolyti
long-bracted nut oxytrope
speciesOxytropis setosa
Oxytropis ambigua
speciesOxytropis ambigua
woolly-fruited nut oxytrope
speciesOxytropis intermedia
Huddelson's Crazy-weed
speciesOxytropis huddelsonii
stinking milkvetch
speciesOxytropis fetida
Chukotka locoweed
speciesOxytropis czukotica
Falseglandular Crazyweed
speciesOxytropis pseudoglandulosa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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