A Guide to Locoweed: Poisoning and Management
Locoweed (also crazyweed or loco) are common North American plants that produce phytotoxins, nitro toxins, and selenium accumulation that are harmful to livestock. Typical symptoms of locoism occur from poisoning by the alkaloid, swainsonine.
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Locoweed (also crazyweed and loco) is a common name in North America for any plant that produces swainsonine, an alkaloid harmful to livestock. Worldwide, swainsonine is produced by a small number of species, most of them in three genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae: Oxytropis and Astragalus in North America, [1] and Swainsona in ...
Locoweed is the most widespread poisonous plant problem in the Western United States. Some species of Astragalus and Oxytropis contain the indolizidine alkaloid swainsonine that causes the poisoning syndrome known as locoism.
Locoweed (also crazyweed or loco) are common North American plants that produce phytotoxins, nitro-‐toxins, and selenium accumulation that are harmful to livestock. Typical symptoms of locoism occur from poisoning by the alkaloid, swainsonine.
Locoweed (Astragalus and Oxytropis spp.) : USDA ARS
Locoweed is found on foothills and semiarid regions. It grows in tufts or clumps, 8 to 30 cm high. Locoweed flowers resemble sweet peas. Blossoms may be blue, purple, yellow, or white. Each stem contains numerous leaves and a leaflet on its tip; leaves are pinnately compound. Where and When It Grows
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Locoweed (also crazyweed or loco) are common North American plants that produce phytotoxins, nitro toxins, and selenium accumulation that are harmful to livestock. Typical symptoms of locoism occur from poisoning by the alkaloid, swainsonine.
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This guide provides practical information on livestock poisoning and management of a common locoweed species in southern Arizona, Astragalus nothoxys.
stragalus is the largest genus of flowering plants in Arizona, with over 70 species plus 2 species of Oxytropis, a species that closely resembles locoweed in both appearance and poisonous. A principle. Species identification is often difficult and requires flowers and …
Locoweeds (Astragalus and Oxytropis genera) contain poisonous alkaloids which cause typical “loco” poisoning (Photo 2). Nearly 100 different species occur in these genera in Arizona but not all are poisonous. If the species of locoweed is poisonous, all plant parts are toxic in all stages of growth, even when dry.
Common Name: Locoweed. Astragalus is the largest genus of flowering plants in Arizona, with over 70 species plus 2 species of Oxytropis, a species that closely resembles locoweed in both appearance and poisonous principle. Species identification is often dificult and requires flowers and seed pods for proper identification.