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8 photos.
Some plants have yellow blossoms while other plants have white blossoms.
Common names are "yellow oxytrope", "late yellow locoweed",
"northern yellow locoweed" and
"field locoweed". Three of the twelve varieties are found
in alaska. This is probably variety varians
which may be either yellow or white, although variety jordallii
which has a more compact inflorescence
also has yellow and white forms. See:
Molecular Ecology (2004)13, 3657–3673.
Photos 1-4 were moved to Oxytropis maydelliana.
ITIS Taxonomic Serial No.26166
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 5. Mid-June. Top view of plant with white blossoms. |
 6. Side view of plant in photo 6. |
 7. View of budding spike and leaves on plant in photos 6 and 7. |
 8. Late June. A group of roadside plants. Camera automatic color balance yielded a blue cast to photos 8-10. |
 9 . Close-up of the front plant in photo 8. |
 10. Closer view of a spike on the plant in photo 9. |
 11. June 7, 2010. Several flower stalks with yellow blossoms. |
 12. Close-up view of yellow-flowered racemes. |
Photos 5-7 taken along the Steese Photos 8-10 taken along the Steese Photos 11 and 12 taken along
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