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Oxytropis campestris, the field locoweed, 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
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Oxytropis
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 3
- Mature Height
- 5 cm to 15 cm
- Mature Spread
- 25 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green, Dark Green
- Leaf Type
- Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Yellow, White
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Late spring, Early summer, Mid summer
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Early fall
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en Field locoweed en Yellow locoweed en Yellow oxytropis en Field crazyweed en Yellow Milk-Vetch en Field oxytrope en Field loco-weed en Meadow beaked milkvetch en Meadow beaked milk vetch
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