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Extension

Common Name: Woolly Loco
Other Names: Woolly Locoweed, Crazyweed, Woolly Milkvetch, Texas Loco
Species Name: Astragalus mollissimus 
Family Name: Fabaceae, Pea Family

 
Plant Facts 
OriginNative
DurationPerennial
Distribution in the U.S.Great Plains, from the Dakotas and Wyoming south to Texas and New Mexico
Distribution in OklahomaWestern half of the state

ID Characteristics

  • Field Identification Characteristics
    • Short, unbranching stems coming from base of plant
    • Leaves slightly oval with slightly pointed ends
    • Flowers purple-pink or yellowish-purple
    • Seed pods tubular with curving, pointed tip
 
Habitat/Ecology 
Soil TypeClay, loam and sandy soils
HabitatPrairies, stream valleys and roadsides
Successional StageMid