Fabaceae
Field locoweed
Oxytropis campestris
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Oxytropis
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Common names
By language (13)
- Bosnian
- Dinarska oštrica
- Bulgarian
- Полски окситропис
- Chinese
- 四野棘豆
- English
- Field locoweed, Field crazyweed
- Estonian
- Mägi-lipphernes
- Finnish
- Kenttäkeulankärki
- German
- Alpen-Spitzkiel, Gemeiner Spitzkiel
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Markmjelt
- Polish
- Ostrołódka polna
- se
- Gieddegožot
- Slovenian
- Poljska osivnica
- Swedish
- Fältvedel
- Welsh
- Meingel gwelw
Synonyms
- Aragallus campestris (L.) Greene
- Astragalus campestris L.
- Astragalus campestris subsp. alpinus (Ten.) P.Fourn.
- Phaca campestris (L.) Wahlenb.
- Spiesia campestris (L.) Kuntze
- Tragacantha campestris (L.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
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Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: wackybadger, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.