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locoweed

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crazyweed

[Span. loco=crazy], any of several American species of the genera Astragalus and Oxytropus, north-temperate leguminous plants of the family Leguminosae (pulsepulse,
in botany, common name for members of the Fabaceae (Leguminosae), a large plant family, called also the pea, or legume, family. Numbering about 650 genera and 17,000 species, the family is third largest, after the asters and the orchids.
..... Click the link for more information.  family), that, when eaten by horses, cattle, or sheep, cause a nervous disorder called loco disease. The locoweeds, perennials native to the West and Southwest, have pealike flowers and pinnately compound leaves. Not all species of these genera have been found poisonous. An Old World plant related to the Astragalus locoweeds is the source of gum tragacanthtragacanth
or gum tragacanth,
gummy exudation from the leguminous shrub Astragalus gummifer and related pulse family plants of SE Europe and W Asia. It is obtained through incisions in the stem of the plant. The gum is produced chiefly in Iran.
..... Click the link for more information. . Locoweed is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Rosales, family Leguminosae.
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The toxicology mechanism of endophytic fungus and swainsonine in locoweed. Enviromental Toxicology and Pharmacology, v.47, p.38-46, 2016.
Ipomoea brasiliana poisoning on buck reproduction/Efeitos da intoxicacao por Ipomoea brasiliana na reproducao de caprinos
The lesions of locoweed (Astragalus mollissimus), swainsonine, and castanospermine in rats.
Lesiones renales y pancreaticas inducidas por Ipomoea carnea en cabras
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Lack of maternal influence of lamb consumption of locoweed (Oxytropis sericea).
Conditioning and aversion to toxic Solanum bonariense ("naranjillo") leaves in calves/Condicionado e aversao a folhas toxicas de Solanum bonariense ("naranjillo") em bezerros
It has been used as an instrument drug to study glucoprotein N-link oligosaccharide since its initial extraction from the fruit of Australian Swainsona canescens and North America locoweed (including Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.) (Dantas et al.
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locoweed: Any of several leguminous plants of western North America causing locoism in livestock.
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We focused on six native species that were abundant and had floral morphologies (flower shapes) that varied from legumes with hidden nectaries and anthers (purple locoweed [Oxytropis lambertii] and American vetch [Vicia americana]), to species with dish-shaped flowers and obvious pollen and nectar (prairie flax [Linum lewisii], yellow sundrops [Calylophus serrulatus], and scarlet globemallow [Sphaeralcea coccinea]), to the bell-shaped flowers of blue bellflower (Campanula rotundifolia).
Invasive plants and pollinator interactions
Locoweed, poisonous to livestock, contains a component that destroys malignancies.
From cattle toxin to anti-cancer drug; locoweed, poisonous to livestock, contains a component that destroys malignancies
On inland dunes, open swaths of sand provide habitat for sunloving annual plants and low-growing desert wildflowers such as white evening primrose, pink sand verbena, and violet locoweed. In the troughs between the dunes (interdune areas), you'll find scurf-pea and "blowout" or bunchgrasses, and at dune edges, taller shrubby plants like creosote bush, four-winged saltbush, honey mesquite.
Magnificent sand seas of the West
Feed preferences and habituation of sheep poisoned by locoweed. Journal of Animal Science, v.68, p.1354-1362.
Feeding preferences of experienced and naive goats and sheep for the toxic plant Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa/Comportamento ingestivo de caprinos e ovinos habituados e nao habituados a ingerir Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa

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