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haresfoot locoweed

Habit Plants 5–15 cm.
Leaves

1–10 cm, rachis longer than longest leaflet;

leaflets 11–15, well distributed on rachis, blade surfaces sericeous.

Racemes

6–18-flowered.

Peduncles

erect, 2–15 cm, appressed-pilose, ascending-pilose, or villous-hirsute.

Corollas

15–18(–20) mm.

Calyces

becoming swollen, accrescent in fruit, constricted at mouth, enclosing mature legume, 10–14(–18) mm.

Legumes

falling enclosed within calyx prior to dehiscence, ovoid, 6–10 × 4–5 mm.

Oxytropis lagopus var. lagopus

Phenology Flowering spring–early summer.
Habitat Sandy and gravelly bluffs and slopes, with sagebrush.
Elevation 1300–3300 m. (4300–10800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; WY
[BONAP county map]
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Oxytropis > Oxytropis lagopus
Sibling taxa
O. lagopus var. atropurpurea, O. lagopus var. conjugans
Synonyms Aragallus lagopus, Astragalus lagopus, Spiesia lagopus
Name authority unknown
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