'Silky Locoweed' or 'White Locoweed' (ok-SEE-troh-pus: ser-ee-KEE-uh) Fabaceae or Papilionaceae:
This species has white or creamy-yellow flowers and sometime plants with lilac colored flowers are produced (lilac colored plants are most likely hybrids between this species and O. lambertii). It is a herbaceous perennial that grows and flowers in early spring, completes flowering and seed production by early summer, and then goes dormant. Grow 4 to 12 inches tall.
Native to much of the western half of North America, were it is considered a weed species in pastures because it is poisonous to cattle and horses. It is found in prairies and mountain meadows, and on open mountain slopes.
300 seeds
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