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Oxytropis podocarpa

Gray

Gray's Point-vetch

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G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.159920

Element CodePDFAB2X0K0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderFabales

FamilyFabaceae

GenusOxytropis

Other Common Names

Inflated Locoweed (EN) Oxytrope à gros fruits (FR) stalkpod locoweed (EN) Stalkpod Locoweed (EN)

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodExpertise without calculation

Review Date2016-05-12

Change Date2016-05-12

Range Extent Comments

Alta. to Labr., south in the Rocky Mtns. to CO. Sparse.

Ecology & Habitat

Description

Stalked-pod Crazyweed is a perennial that usually forms small, dense cushions. Its naked stems are erect or prostrate and up to 7 cm long. The basal leaves are 2-5 cm long and pinnately divided into 9-27 narrowly lance-shaped leaflets. The herbage is covered with stiff, silvery hairs. The 1-2 purple flowers resemble pea flowers and are held erect at the top of the stem. The corolla is 12-17 mm long, and the tubular calyx is purplish and 2/3 the length of the corolla. The papery, inflated pod is 15-25 mm long and ovoid in outline.

Diagnostic Characteristics

This is our only purple-flowered OXYTROPIS with fewer than 4 flowers. Species of alpine ASTRAGALUS have leafy stems.

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Colorado	S3	Yes
Montana	S1	Yes
Wyoming	S2	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaN4

Province	Rank	Native
Alberta	S4	Yes
Nunavut	S2	Yes
Labrador	S1	Yes
Quebec	S3	Yes
British Columbia	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (2)

Colorado (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pole Mountain / Finger Mesa	Rio Grande NF	43,863

New Mexico (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Pecos	Carson National Forest	13,436

References (2)

Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). 2023. Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 11. Magnoliophyta: Fabaceae, parts 1+2. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxvii + 1108 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.