Stalked-pod Locoweed - Oxytropis podocarpa
State Rank Reason (see State Rank above)
Rare in Montana, where it is known from a small area of the Rocky Mountain Front. The remote habitat should limit the possibily of negative impacts.
- Details on Status Ranking and Review
Stalked-pod Locoweed (Oxytropis podocarpa) Conservation Status Review
Review Date =
General 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.
Phenology
Flowering in June, fruiting late June-August.
Diagnostic Characteristics
This is our only purple-flowered Oxytropis with fewer than 4 flowers. Species of alpine Astragalus have leafy stems.
General Distribution
Distribution Comments
AB to CO; Baffin Island to NL (Lesica 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX).
Summary of Observations Submitted for Montana
Number of Observations: 8
Number of Occurrences: 8
(Click on the following maps and charts to see full sized version)
Map Help and Descriptions
Relative Density
Recency
(Records associated with a range of dates are excluded from time charts)
Habitat
Gravelly ridges and slopes, often on limestone, in the alpine zone.
Ecological Systems Associated with this Species
- Commonly Associated with these Ecological Systems
Alpine Systems
References
- Additional ReferencesLegend:
View WorldCat Record 
View Online Publication
Do you know of a citation we're missing?- Lesica, P. 2012. Manual of Montana Vascular Plants. BRIT Press. Fort Worth, TX.
- Web Search Engines for Articles on "Stalked-pod Locoweed"
