Fabaceae
Nodding locoweed
Oxytropis deflexa
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Oxytropis
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Common names
By language (2)
- Chinese
- 急弯棘豆, 急彎棘豆, 外弯棘豆, 那鲁-奥日图哲
- English
- Nodding locoweed
Synonyms
- Aragallus deflexus (Pall.) Pall.
- Aragallus deflexus (Pall.) A.Heller
- Astragalus deflexus Pall.
- Oxytropis deflexa subsp. eznevii (Jurtzev) Jurtzev
- Spiesia deflexa (Pall.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jim Morefield from Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ryan Durand, CC BY 4.0, 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.