Common
name: Colorado Loco Weed
Latin name: Oxytropis lambertii
Annual/Perennial: Perennial
Flowers: April to August
Flower size: 1"
Found in: Plains to Subalpine
Height: 12" to 16"
Invasive: No
Native species: No Useful in garden: No
Image taken: Near Evergreen
Pictured
Wildflower: Colorado Loco Weed - Oxytropis lambertii
Wildflower
Field notes: We've all heard the stories about livestock
eating Colorado Loco Weed and going crazy. It's because this plant
is very poisonous. Setting its toxicity aside... its really a
beautiful plant.
Oxytropis lambertii is very common in dry
meadows, along roadsides, and slopes.
