A Guide to the Common Locoweeds and Milkvetches of New Mexico, Circular 557 (Revised)

Series

Circular

Collection name

NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications, 1889-Present

Date

2010-09

Decade

2010s

Author

Fox III, William E.

Allred, Kelly W.

Roalson, Eric H.

Contributor

Bleakly, David

McDaniel, Kirk

Spellenberg, Richard

Taylor, Vickie

Smith, G. Stanley

Kiehl, Doug

Subject (LCSH)

Astragalus (Plants)--New Mexico

Oxytropis--New Mexico

Livestock poisoning plants--New Mexico

Subject (NALT)

oxytropis

Astragalus

poisonous plants

New Mexico

Table of contents

Introduction

Toxicology

Management

Identification

Dichotomous key to the common locoweeds and milkvetches of New Mexico

Species treatments

1. Field milkvetch, Astragalus agrestis

2. Rattleweed, Astragalus allochrous

Halfmoon rattleweed, var. allochrous

Wooton's rattleweed, var. playanus

3. Crescent milkvetch, Astragalus amphioxys

4. Two-grooved milkvetch, Astragalus bisulcatus

Two-grooved milkvetch, var. bisulcatus

Hayden's milkvetch, var haydenianus

5. Painted milkvetch, Astragalus ceramicus

6. Ground plum, Astragalus crassicarpus

Hollow ground plum, var. cavus

Common ground plum, var. crassicarpus

Mountain ground plum, var. paysonii

7. Drummond's milkvetch, Astragalus drummondii

8. Red-stemmed peavine, Astragalus emoryanus

9. Ground-cover milkvetch, Astragalus humistratus

Ground-cover milkvetch, car. humistratus

Ground-cover milkvetch, var. humivagans

Sonoran ground-cover milkvetch, var. sonorae

10. Specklepod locoweed, Astragalus lentiginosus

Southern specklepod locoweed, var. australis

Jones's specklepod locoweed, var. diphysus

11. Great rushy milkvetch, Astragalus lonchocarpus

12. Missouri milkvetch, Astragalus missouriensis

Missouri milkvetch, var. amphibolus

Missouri milkvetch, var. mimetes

Missouri milkvetch, var. missouriensis

13. Woolly locoweed, Astragulas mollissimus

Bigelow's woolly locoweed, var bigelovii

Earle's woolly locoweed, var. earlei

Matthew's woolly locoweed, var. matthewsii

Mogollon woolly locoweed, var. mogollonicus

Common woolly locoweed, var. mollissimus

Thompson's woolly locoweed, var. thompsonae

14. Nuttall's milkvetch, Astragalus muttallianus

15. Stinking milkvetch, Astragalus praelongus

Ellis's stinking milkvetch, var. ellisiae

Common stinking milkvetch, var. praelongus

16. Alkali milkvetch, Astragalus racemosus

Jones's alkali milkvetch, var. longisetus

Common alkali milkvetch, car. racemosus

17. Silverline locoweed, Astragalus tephrodes

18. Lambert's locoweed, Oxytropis lambertii

19. White locoweed, Oxytropis sericea

Figures

References

Glossary

Appendix

Acknowledgements

Extent

48 pages

Notes

Circular containing general information on the toxicology and management of members of the plant genera Astragalus and Oxytropis, and specific information on and illustrations of varieties found in New Mexico

Original publisher

New Mexico State University

Cooperative Extension Service

College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences

Place of publication

Las Cruces (N.M.)

Frequency

frequency varies

Digital publisher

New Mexico State University Library

Source

NMSU College of Agricultural, Consumer, and Environmental Sciences (ACES)

Language

English

Type

Text

Format

application/pdf

Medium (AAT)

newsletters

Genre (AAT)

periodicals

Access rights

Open to re-use

Metadata cataloger

Schneider, Ingrid

Roth, Michael

Digital identifier

UAAPc000557.pdf