Oxytropis deflexa (Pall.) DC.
pendant-pod locoweed (nodding locoweed; pendent-pod locoweed)
Fabaceae (Pea family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
pendant-pod locoweed (nodding locoweed; pendent-pod locoweed)
Fabaceae (Pea family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
SUBTAXA PRESENT IN BC
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a strong taproot and branching stem-base; stems few to several, tufted, sometimes virtually lacking, decumbent to erect, hairy, 3-30 cm long/tall.
Leaves:
Basal and alternate along the stem, odd-pinnately compound, 4-20 cm long; leaflets 15 to 41, egg-shaped to lance-oblong, 3-20 mm long, sparsely to densely soft-hairy on both surfaces or glabrous above; stipules leaf-like, lanceolate, 6-15 mm long, fused to the leaf-stalk for only 1-3 mm.
Flowers:
Inflorescence a stalked, compact to elongate raceme of 5 to 25 pea-like flowers, the racemes 5-15 cm long on stalks (2) 5-25 cm long; corollas white, pinkish, bluish or purple, 6-10 mm long; calyces bell-shaped, 3-8 mm long, dark stiff-hairy, the teeth narrowly lanceolate and about as long as the tube; flowers at first upright but soon nodding and often disposed to one side of the raceme.
Fruits:
Pods, drooping, oblong-ellipsoid, dark short-hairy, 8-25 mm long including a short stalk to 1-3 mm long, 1-chambered.
Illustration
If more than one illustration is available for a species (e.g., separate illustrations were provided for two subspecies) then links to the separate images will be provided below. Note that individual subspecies or varietal illustrations are not always available.
Illustration Source: The Illustrated Flora of British Columbia
Ecology
Ecological Framework for Oxytropis deflexa
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)
| Site Information |
Value / Class |
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|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1361 | 550 | 2682 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
26 | 0 | 86 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
215 | 129 | 346 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
3 | 2 | 6 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
C | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
15 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
SWB | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
BWBS(2), ESSF(2), IDF(2), IMA(1), PP(1), SBPS(1), SWB(2) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
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Habitat and Range
Moist to mesic, often sandy or gravelly meadows, river bars, grassy slopes, thickets and open forests from the montane to alpine zones; frequent in BC east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains; amphiberingian, N to AK, YT and NT, E to Labr. and S to CO, NM and OR; Siberia.Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Oxytropis deflexa subsp. foliolosa (Hook.) Cody
Oxytropis deflexa var. capitata B. Boivin
Oxytropis deflexa var. foliolosa (Hook.) Barneby
Oxytropis deflexa var. sericea Torr. & A. Gray
Oxytropis foliolosa Hook.