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Label

Accession No. 09728 
Family Fabaceae 
Species Oxytropis campestris (L.) DC.
Subspecies var. varians (Rydb.) Barneby
Common name "field locoweed"
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3649)  24 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography Canada,  Northwest Territories, 
Lat./Long. 70°  29' 48" N, 128°  8 ' 56" W at 0 feet (0 m)
Locality Cape Bathurst Peninsula, ca 9 km SSW of Cape Bathurst, along the shores of the Arctic Ocean. 
Ecology sandy bluffs, arctic tundra, sea level. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Oxytropis campestris var. varians (Rydb.) Barneby
     Oxytropis campestris ssp. varians (Rydb.) Cody
     Oxytropis hyperborea Porsild
     Oxytropis tananensis Yurtzev
     Oxytropis varians (Rydb.) K. Schum.

Common Name(s): field locoweed.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=529328, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Fabales
                                Family: Fabaceae
                                    Genus: Oxytropis
                                        Species: Oxytropis campestris
                                            Variety: Oxytropis campestris var. varians
                                                

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 09728s1.jpg

Images of other samples of the same species:
specimen image: 09683s1.jpg 
09683

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09727 Achillea millefolium  ssp. borealis   "boreal yarrow" same section
09813 Androsace chamaejasme  var. arctica  same section
09836 Braya glabella  ssp. glabella   "smooth northern rockcress" same section
09835 Braya pilosa      "hairy northern rockcress" same section
09828 Draba corymbosa      "flat-top draba" same section
09829 Dryas integrifolia      "entireleaf mountain-avens" same section
09830 Matricaria ambigua      "mayweed" same section
09827 Oxyria digyna      "alpine mountainsorrel" same section
09822 Oxytropis viscida     same section
09826 Papaver radicatum      "rooted poppy" same section
09729 Pedicularis capitata      "capitate lousewort" same section
09823 Pedicularis lanata      "woolly lousewort" same section
09824 Phlox richardsonii      "Richardson's phlox" same section
09730 Potentilla pulchella      "pretty cinquefoil" same section
09726 Primula borealis      "northern primrose" same section
09719 Saxifraga cernua      "nodding saxifrage" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Oxytropis campestris  (L.) DC.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Oxytropis+campestris

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