Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Boreal Locoweed (Oxytropis borealis) is a native perennial herb that grows in Central California, primarily in the White and Inyo Mountains and High Sierra Nevada regions. It tends to grow in meadows, at elevations from 3900-12800 feet.

Plant type

Perennial herb

Sun

Full Sun

Site type

Meadows

Plant communities

Alpine Fell-Fields

Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 3 likely

Confirmed Likely

Silvery Blue

Glaucopsyche lygdamus

Shasta Blue

Icaricia shasta

Melissa Blue

Plebejus melissa