Oxytropis podocarpa A. Gray
stalked-pod locoweed (stalkpod locoweed)
Fabaceae (Pea family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
stalked-pod locoweed (stalkpod locoweed)
Fabaceae (Pea family)
Introduction to Vascular Plants
Species Information
General:
Perennial herb from a taproot and branching stem-base covered with remains of old leaf-stalks and stipules; cushion-tufted, 1-5 cm high.
Leaves:
Basal, odd-pinnately compound, 1-5 cm long; leaflets 9 to 25, linear to oblong, 2-8 mm long, silky-hairy, the margins often rolled under; stipules 4-10 mm long, papery, fused and joined to the leaf-stalk for 2/3 of their length, the free margins fringed with bristly hairs.
Flowers:
Inflorescence of 1 to 3 (commonly 2) pea-like flowers on a spreading to erect, 1- to 5-cm long stalk; corollas purple, 11-16 mm long; calyces long-soft-hairy, 2/3 the length of the corolla, the teeth lanceolate, 1/3 the length of the tube.
Fruits:
Pods, egg-shaped, bladdery-inflated, papery, 1.5-3 cm long, sparsely hairy, on stalks 2-5 cm long, short-beaked.
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 podocarpa
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 |
||
|
Avg |
Min |
Max |
|
| Elevation
(metres) |
1883 | 15 | 2680 |
| Slope
Gradient (%) |
22 | 0 | 70 |
|
Aspect (degrees) |
229 | 20 | 360 |
| Soil
Moisture Regime (SMR) [0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic; 8 - hydric] |
2 | 0 | 5 |
| Modal
Nutrient Regime
Class |
B | ||
| #
of field plots species was recorded in: |
73 | ||
| Modal
BEC Zone Class |
BAFA | ||
|
All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in |
AT(5), BAFA(25), ESSF(20), IMA(9), SWB(3) | ||
|
Source:
Klinkenberg 2013
|
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Habitat and Range
Dry rocky ridgecrests and turfy tundra in the alpine zone; locally frequent in SE, EC and SC (Marble Mountains) BC; E to Labr. and S to CO.Status Information
Synonyms
Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Oxytropis podocarpa var. inflata (Hook.) B. Boivin