Participant Info

Species

Oxytropis sericea [Oxytropis deflexa var. sericea]

Family

Fabaceae

CommonName

white locoweed, silky crazyweed

Presence

Yes

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2021

Ecosystem

basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, tundra, ruderal

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, Culebras, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Cochetopa, La Veta, Mosca, South

WildlifePreserves

Baca, Brown Lakes, Hot Creek

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, ± 4 road miles E of Saguache on Hwy 285, along both sides of highway, 3 June 2021

Comments

White locoweed has been collected from all around the Watershed in a variety of habitats, from shrubland (Baca NWR) to “alpine ridge” (Caliornia Peak in the north Cristos). It is also found along roads (see the 2021 photorecord from east of the town of Saguache). The species grows in the Rockies from the Canadian border to the Mexican (but does not follow the Rio Grande drainage into Texas.

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