Common
name: White Loco Weed
Latin name: Oxytropis sericea
Annual/Perennial:
Perennial
Flowers: May 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:
South side of Guanella Pass
Pictured
Wildflower: White Loco Weed - Oxytropis
sericea
Wildflower
Field notes: As with all Loco Weeds... White Loco Weed is poisonous
to humans and livestock. It is said that horses who eat Loco Weed
never return to their normal selves.
Look for White Loco Weed in
sunny areas next to roads, fields, meadows and hillsides.
