FIELD LOCOWEED

Class: Oxytropis campestris

Family: PEA FAMILY

Sub Family: Fabaceae, Leguminosae

Year: Perennial

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Colour: Pale yellow to white

Height:

Each Flower: 9 mm-2 cm (3/8-3/4") long; standard slightly outcurved at sides; keel may be purplish and is enclosed by wings; calyx about half as ling as petals; 5-pointed and softly hairy with tiny, green, hairy bract below

Leaves: Many basal leaves 10-15 cm (4-6") long; stalks half-round, 2.5-5 cm (1-2") long, terminating in 5-41 almost opposite, flat-haired leaflets which have a greyish appearance

Stems: Flower-stems are leafless, thin, and hairy

Blooming Period: May - July

Habitat: Drier ground from lower elevations to low mountainous areas

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