Fabaceae
Showy locoweed
Oxytropis splendens
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Oxytropis
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Showy locoweed
Synonyms
- Aragallus caudatus Greene
- Aragallus galioides Greene
- Aragallus richardsonii (Hook.) Greene
- Aragallus splendens (Douglas) Greene
- Astragalus splendens (Douglas) Tidestr.
- Astragalus splendens var. richardsonii (Hook.) Tidestr.
- Oxytropis caudata (Greene) K.Schum.
- Oxytropis caudatus K.Schum.
- Oxytropis micans Bunge
- Oxytropis oxyphylla Richardson
- Oxytropis richardsonii (Hook.) K.Schum.
- Oxytropis splendens f. nelsonii Gand.
- Oxytropis splendens f. strigosa Gand.
- Oxytropis splendens var. richardsonii Hook.
- Oxytropis splendens var. vestita Hook.
- Spiesia splendens (Douglas) Kuntze
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ghislain118, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: P.Cikovac, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carlp941, CC BY-SA 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.