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Taxon: Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.

Genus: Oxytropis
Family: Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae) subfamily: Faboideae tribe: Galegeae subtribe: Astragalinae. Also placed in: Papilionaceae
Nomen number: 26245
Place of publication: Astragalogia 74. 1802
Name verified on: 20-Jul-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 31-Dec-2001
Species priority site is: Western Regional PI Station (W6).
Accessions: 5 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


See also subordinate taxa:


Common names:

  • Cold Mountain crazyweed   (Source: F Wisconsin ) – English   [Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea]
  • Fassett's locoweed   (Source: US Fish & Wildl List ) – English   [Oxytropis campestris var. chartacea]
  • field locoweed   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  • yellow locoweed   (Source: Intermt F ) – English
  • yellow oxytropis   (Source: BSBI ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Siberia: Russian Federation - Yakutia-Sakha
  • EUROPE
    Northern Europe: Sweden [s.e.]; United Kingdom
    Middle Europe: Austria; Czechoslovakia; Poland; Switzerland
    East Europe: Ukraine [s.w. (Carpathians) & n.]
    Southeastern Europe: Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Italy [n. & c.]; Romania
    Southwestern Europe: France; Spain [Pyrenees]
  • NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
    Subarctic America: Canada - Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory; United States - Alaska
    Eastern Canada: Canada - New Brunswick, Newfoundland [w.], Nova Scotia [n.e.], Ontario, Quebec
    Western Canada: Canada - Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan
    Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - Maine
    North-Central U.S.A.: United States - North Dakota, South Dakota
    Northwestern U.S.A.: United States - Colorado [n.], Idaho, Montana, Oregon [n.e.], Washington, Wyoming
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Utah [n.e. (Duchesne & Summit Cos.)]

References:

  • Barneby, R. C. 1952. A revision of the North American species of Oxytropis DC. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. ser. 4, 27:248.
  • Botanical Society of the British Isles. 2007. BSBI checklist. (BSBI)
  • Cronquist, A. et al. 1972–. Intermountain flora. (Intermt F)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Hitchcock, C. L. et al. 1955–1969. Vascular plants of the Pacific Northwest. (F Pacif NW)
  • Jordanov, D. et al., eds. 1963–1982. Flora na narodna republika Balgarija. (F Bulg)
  • Jorgensen, J. L. et al. 2003. Implications of ITS sequences and RAPD markers for the taxonomy and biogeography of the Oxytropis campestris and O. arctica (Fabaceae) complexes in Alaska. Amer. J. Bot. 90:1470–1480.
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1977. Atlas of the Flora of the Great Plains. (Atlas GPlains)
  • McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). 1986. Flora of the Great Plains. (F GPlains)
  • Pignatti, S. 1982. Flora d'Italia. (F Ital)
  • Scoggan, H. J. 1978–1979. The flora of Canada, 4 vol. (F Canada)
  • Smythies, B. E. 1984–1986. Flora of Spain and the Balearic Islands: checklist of vascular plants. Englera 3:1-882. (L Spain)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1987. A Utah flora. Great Basin Naturalist Mem. 9. (F Utah)
  • Welsh, S. L. et al. 1993. A Utah flora. (F Utah ed2)
  • Welsh, S. L. 1978. Utah flora: Fabaceae (Leguminosae). Great Basin Naturalist 38:337. [var. cusickii].
  • Yakovlev, G. P. et al. 1996. Legumes of Northern Eurasia. (Leg NEurasia)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ILDIS: International Legume Database & Information Service
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images or nodulation data:

More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy
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URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?26245 (09 February 2010)

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