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Oxytropis arctica (arctic locoweed)

Synonyms: Aragallus arcticus (homotypic); Oxytropis uralensis var. arctica (homotypic); Spiesia arctica (homotypic)
Language: Russian

Infraspecies

Oxytropis arctica arctica
Oxytropis arctica taimyrensis
Oxytropis arctica var. arctica
Oxytropis arctica var. barnebyana
Oxytropis arctica var. koyukukensis

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Aulavik National Park II 3021211 Northwest Territories, Canada
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve Ib 2823882 Alaska, United States
Kluane National Park and Reserve National Park Reserve II 5463436 Yukon, Canada
Queen Maud Gulf Bird Sanctuary Migratory Bird Sanctuary IV 15335601 Nunavut, Canada
Tuktut Nogait National Park II 5761538 Northwest Territories, Canada

Providers

Pollinated by 
Polia richardsoni[3]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Mosquin, T., and J. E. H. Martin. 1967. Observations on the pollination biology of plants on Melville Island, N.W.T., Canada. Canadian Field Naturalist 81:201-205.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0