. A guide to the poisonous plants and weed seeds of Canada and the northern United States. Poisonous plants; Botany; Botany. 70 . Pasture and Range. with the exception of two, O. deflexa (Pall.) D C, and O. foUolosa Hook., are acaulescent, , lack stems and have leaves and flower-stalks growing in tufts from the root-crowns. The whole plant, including the leaflets of the pinnately compound leaves, is covered with num- erous whitish hairs. The flowers are of the legume type, ranging from yellowish white to blue and brilliant purple,. Fig. 13.—Flower of Stemless Loco Weed, showing "spur&
. A guide to the poisonous plants and weed seeds of Canada and the northern United States. Poisonous plants; Botany; Botany. 70 . Pasture and Range. with the exception of two, O. deflexa (Pall.) D C, and O. foUolosa Hook., are acaulescent, , lack stems and have leaves and flower-stalks growing in tufts from the root-crowns. The whole plant, including the leaflets of the pinnately compound leaves, is covered with num- erous whitish hairs. The flowers are of the legume type, ranging from yellowish white to blue and brilliant purple,. Fig. 13.—Flower of Stemless Loco Weed, showing "spur" (centre right), on the keel. and borne in spikes or narrow racemes. They are dis- tinguished from those of the closely related genus As- tra,galus by the presence af a spur-like point, one-eighth inch long, at the tip of the keel. The flowering season is June and .July and it is at this time that the plant is eaten most freely, though animals that have acquired the habit will search out and eat the fruiting Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Thomson, Robert Boyd, 1870-; Sifton, Harold Boyd, joint author. [Toronto] University of Toronto Press
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