Oxytropis arctica R. Br.
 
FamilyLeguminosae — APG family: Fabaceae
SynonymsOxytropis coronaminis Fern., Oxytropis uralensis, Oxytropis roaldi Ostenf.
DescriptionCaespitose, more or less prostrate or decumbent, with branching caudex from taproot; leaves 11- to 21-foliate; leaflets ovate to narrowly oblong or elliptic, villous; stipules with deltoid to deltoid-acuminate free parts, densely pilose, bristly-ciliate; inflorescence nearly capitate, 2-10-flowered, elongating in fruit; calyx dark- and light-pilose with linear-lanceolate teeth; petals purple; pods sessile, oblong-ellipsoid, with long, nearly straight beak.
EcologyTundra, riverbars.
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.