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© Crystal Strouse
locoweed
Oxytropis lambertii
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. (or less) to 8.0 in.
Spread: 6.0 in.; to 8.0 in. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small Mammals
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Pink Shades, Purple Shades
- Leaf Color
- Gray Shades, Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- Plant Parts Known To Be Poisonous For Livestock.
Notes
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.