Oxytropis lambertii Pursh
other common names: crazyweed, Lambert crazyweed, stemless locoweed, purple locoweed
Oxytropis: from Greek oxys, meaning “sharp,” and tropis, meaning “keel,” for the pointed keel of the flower, which distinguishes this genus from Astragalus
Lambertii: in honor of Aylmer Bourke Lambert, from whose living plant collection Pursh described this species
Legume family: Fabaceae (Leguminosae)
Photograph by Thomas Rosburg, Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie: The Upper Midwest, Second Edition
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