Oxytropis campestris var. spicata
Fabaceae
Common False Locoweed
Erect, covered with silky silver-gray hairs. Leaf divided into 17–45 oval leaflets, pointed at tip. Flower spike of yellow to yellowish white flowers is well above the leaves. Grows in dry, sandy, relatively rocky soils, crevices of rocky ledges. Usually found high in mountains. Variable, circumboreal.
- Rarity: Locally Common
- Flowering Time: Early Summer, Mid Summer, Late Summer
- Flower Form: Pea flowers, compound leaves
- Life Cycle: Perennial
- Height: 6–24 inches
- Habitat: Alpine, Subalpine
- Found In: Mt. Rainier NP, Olympic NP, Wallowas
- Native: Yes
- Latin Synonyms: Oxytropis monticola, Oxytropis campestris
