Oxytropis campestris
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Oxytropis campestris, the field locoweed,[1] 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.
The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with North America and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (November 2014) |
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Oxytropis campestris | |
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Scientific 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 | |
Synonyms | |
Oxytropis gracilis (A. Nelson) K. Schum. |
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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[2]