Species of plant
Oxytropis splendens
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Eudicots
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Clade:
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Rosids
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Order:
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Fabales
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Family:
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Fabaceae
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Subfamily:
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Faboideae
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Genus:
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Oxytropis
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Species:
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O. splendens
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Binomial name
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Oxytropis splendens
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Synonyms[2]
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- Aragallus caudatus Greene (1899)
- Aragallus galioides Greene (1905)
- Aragallus richardsonii (Hook.) Greene (1899)
- Aragallus splendens (Douglas) Greene (1897)
- Astragalus splendens var. richardsonii (Hook.) Tidestr. (1937)
- Astragalus splendens (Douglas) Tidestr. (1937)
- Oxytropis caudata (Greene) K.Schum. (1901)
- Oxytropis micans Bunge (1874)
- Oxytropis oxyphylla Richardson (1823)
- Oxytropis richardsonii (Hook.) K.Schum. (1901)
- Oxytropis splendens f. nelsonii Gand. (1902)
- Oxytropis splendens var. richardsonii Hook. (1831)
- Oxytropis splendens f. strigosa Gand. (1902)
- Oxytropis splendens var. vestita Hook. (1831)
- Spiesia splendens (Douglas) Kuntze (1891)
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Oxytropis splendens, commonly known as showy locoweed, is a flowering perennial in the legume family endemic to the east slope of the Rocky Mountains.[3] Growing in Canada, Alaska, several Great Plains states, and parts of the Mountain West, O. splendens grows well in harsh alpine ecosystems, allowing it to quickly colonize gravel and coal spoils.[4]