View photos of the poisonous plant Oxytropis lambertii (Purple locoweed).
Oxytropis lambertii (Purple locoweed)
Oxytropis lambertii (Purple locoweed)
Oxytropis lambertii (Purple locoweed)
Oxytropis lambertii is a well-known harbinger of swainsonine, an alkoloid responsible for at least one type of locoism (stock poisonings attributed to various Astragalus and Oxytropis species).
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