genus
Locoweeds
Oxytropis
Field notes
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- White Point-vetch native
- Lambert's Locoweed native
- Field Locoweed native
- Showy Locoweed native
- Boreal Locoweed native
- Nodding Locoweed native
- Blackish Locoweed native
- Gray's Point-vetch native
- Dense Leaf Crazyweed
- Nuttall's Oxytrope native
- Bessey's Locoweed native
- Hare's-foot Point-vetch present
- Maydell's Point-vetch present
- Mountain Oxytrope native
- Oxytropis glabra introduced
- Purple Oxytropis
- Arctic Locoweed present
- Oxytropis floribunda
- Scamman's Locoweed present
- Parry's Oxytrope native
- Chukotka Locoweed
- Huddelson's Crazy-weed
- Black Locoweed
- Wyoming Locoweed native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Key traits
- Layer
- Herbaceous plants
- Plant type
- Perennial Wildflower
From USDA PLANTS.
Top native locoweeds All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Field Locoweed
Oxytropis campestris
caterpillars
4
food
5
flowers
40
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Lambert's Locoweed
Oxytropis lambertii
caterpillars
4
flowers
46
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Showy Locoweed
Oxytropis splendens
caterpillars
4
flowers
13
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Nodding Locoweed
Oxytropis deflexa
caterpillars
4
flowers
7
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White Point-vetch
Oxytropis sericea
caterpillars
3
flowers
19
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Nuttall's Oxytrope
Oxytropis multiceps
caterpillars
3
flowers
7
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Boreal Locoweed
Oxytropis borealis
caterpillars
3
flowers
7
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Bessey's Locoweed
Oxytropis besseyi
caterpillars
3
flowers
7
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Mountain Oxytrope
Oxytropis oreophila
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Gray's Point-vetch
Oxytropis podocarpa
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Parry's Oxytrope
Oxytropis parryi
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Wyoming Locoweed
Oxytropis nana
caterpillars
3
flowers
6
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Blackish Locoweed
Oxytropis nigrescens
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
5
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Kobuk Locoweed
Oxytropis kobukensis
caterpillars
1
food
1
flowers
4