Oxytropis jacquinii

Common names: Mountain Milk-vetch, Point Vetch, Loco Weed, Crazy Weed

Genus: Astragalus

Species: Astragalus montanus

Class: Diadelphia

Order: Decandria

Authority: Willdenow

Modern Genus: Oxytropis

Modern Species: Oxytropis jacquinii

Modern Family: Leguminosae

Plant Type: perennial

Color: purple-violet or blue-violet

Season: summer

Native Region: Alps

Species: Oxytropis montana

Artist: S. Edwards, Sansum