Oxytropis lambertii

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Read about Oxytropis lambertii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Oxytropis lambertii, Pursh. (Aragallus Lambertii, Greene). Pig. 2693. A tufted perennial with strong taproot and several erect scapes, 4-20 in. tall: spike short-oblong, densely fld.; fls. usually purple or violet: lfts. about 7 pairs: pod broadly or narrowly oblong, silky pubescent, firm-coriaceous, 2-celled. Fls. June, July. Includes O. carmpestris. Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. in part, also Aragallus paterts, A. angustatus and A. atropwrpureus of Ryd- berg. B.M. 2147 (dark blue). B.R. 1054 (blue). V. 3:138.—Aven Nelson, in Erythea 7:62, says that the specific name should be kept for the purple-violet-fld. forms. D. M. Andrews offers a crimson-fld. form and also var. spicata, which has large spikes of white fls. Common along the Great Plains from Sask. to New Mex. and in the foothills where it is held to be responsible, as a loco-weed, for the poisoning and death of sheep and cattle. A clue as to its cultural requirements may be had from its wild habitat in open ground growing in masses of considerable extent. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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