Fabaceae
Mertens' oxytrope
Oxytropis mertensiana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Oxytropis
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Oxytropis mertensianaFabaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Mertens' oxytrope
Synonyms
- Aragallus mertensianus (Turcz.) Greene
- Spiesia mertensiana (Turcz.) Kuntze
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native
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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.