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© Crystal Strouse
white locoweed
Oxytropis sericea var. sericea
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. to 1.0 ft.
Spread: 6.0 in.; to 1.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Large Mammals, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small Mammals
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Flower Color
- White 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
- Clay, Loam, Rocky
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- Plant Parts Known To Be Poisonous For Livestock.
Notes
USDA Plants National Database recognizes two varieties of O. sericea, both native to the U.S. Variety speciosa is native to Idaho, Montana and Wyoming and variety sericea is native to most of the western U.S., including Colorado.
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.