Oxytropis

''Oxytropis'' is a genus of plants in the legume family. It is one of three genera of plants known as locoweeds, and are notorious for being toxic to grazing animals. The other locoweed genus is the closely related ''Astragalus''. There are about 600 species, native to Eurasia and North America. 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.

Selected species

*'' Oxytropis arctica'' – Arctic locoweed
*'' Oxytropis bellii''
*'' Oxytropis borealis'' – boreal locoweed
*'' Oxytropis campestris'' – field locoweed
*'' Oxytropis deflexa'' – nodding locoweed
*''Oxytropis halleri'' – purple oxytropis
*'' Oxytropis jacquinii''
*'' Oxytropis kobukensis'' – Kobuk locoweed
*''Oxytropis lambertii'' – purple locoweed
*''Oxytropis monticola'' – yellow-flowered locoweed
*'' Oxytropis nitens''
*''Oxytropis ocrensis''
*''Oxytropis oreophila'' – mountain oxytrope
*''Oxytropis oxyphylla''
*'' Oxytropis parryi'' – Parry's locoweed
*'' Oxytropis pilosa''
*'' Oxytropis podocarpa'' – stalkpod locoweed
*'' Oxytropis prenja''
*'' Oxytropis prostrata''
*'' Oxytropis pseudoglandulosa''
*'' Oxytropis riparia'' – Oxus locoweed
*''Oxytropis sericea'' – white locoweed
*'' Oxytropis sordida''
*'' Oxytropis strobilacea''
*'' Oxytropis todomoshiriensis''

References

External links

*
Jepson Manual TreatmentUSDA Plants Profile

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Fabaceae genera