Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Showy purple oxytrope being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Astragalus versicolor
- Oxytropis floribunda
- Oxytropis coerulea
- Oxytropis longirostra
- Astragalus bourgovii
- Astragalus bodinii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Fabales
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Oxytropis
- Species
- Oxytropis teres
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