Oxytropis campestris

Oxytropis campestris

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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Oxytropis
Species:
O. campestris
Binomial name
Oxytropis campestris
Subspecies and varieties[2]
List
    • Oxytropis campestris subsp. campestris
    • Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea (Fassett) Barneby
    • Oxytropis campestris var. columbiana (H.St.John) Barneby
    • Oxytropis campestris var. cusickii (Greenm.) Barneby
    • Oxytropis campestris var. davisii S.L.Welsh
    • Oxytropis campestris var. dispar (A.Nelson) Barneby
    • Oxytropis campestris var. johannensis Fernald
    • Oxytropis campestris var. jordalii (A.E.Porsild) S.L.Welsh
    • Oxytropis campestris var. kintyrica P.D.Sell
    • Oxytropis campestris var. minor (Hook.) S.L.Welsh
    • Oxytropis campestris var. perthensis P.D.Sell
    • Oxytropis campestris subsp. rishiriensis (Matsum.) Toyok.
    • Oxytropis campestris var. roaldii (Ostenf.) S.L.Welsh
    • Oxytropis campestris var. scotica (Jalas) P.D.Sell
    • Oxytropis campestris var. spicata Hook.
    • Oxytropis campestris subsp. tatrae (Borbás) Dostál
    • Oxytropis campestris subsp. tiroliensis (Sieber ex Fritsch) Leins & Merxm.
    • Oxytropis campestris var. varians (Britton & Rydb.) Barneby
    • Oxytropis campestris var. wanapum Joyal
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Aragallus campestris (L.) Greene (1897)
    • Astragalus campestris L. (1753)
    • Phaca campestris (L.) Wahlenb. (1813)
    • Spiesia campestris (L.) Kuntze (1891)
    • Tragacantha campestris (L.) Kuntze (1891)

Oxytropis campestris, the field locoweed,[3] is a plant native to Northern Europe, the mountains of Central & Southern Europe, the Northwestern United States and all of Canada, sometimes grown as an ornamental plant.

It is found in prairies, woods, and meadows, and prefers gravelly and rocky slopes, where it grows most abundantly. The plant has numerous variants. It is a larval host plant of the small blue butterfly[4]

  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Oxytropis campestris". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Oxytropis campestris​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. ^ Asher, Jim. The millennium atlas of butterflies in Britain and Ireland. New York: Oxford University Press.