Drummond’s
milkvetch
White locoweed
Oxytropis sericea
(Pea family)
Astragalus drummondii
(Pea family)
native
native
Toxic to livestock, especially
horses
Differs from milk vetches--in
not having leaves on
flowering stem
leaves covered with soft
hairs and look gray-green
Photograss
Photograss
Two grooved
milkvetch
Missouri milkvetch
Astragalus missouriensis
(Pea family)
Astragalus bisulcatus
(Pea family)
native
native
A very common plant in
spring. Has several lookalikes. Can be told apart
by pods
A very bright, showy plant,
with both white and
magenta forms
leaves not hairy
Photograss
Photograss
Largeflower daisy
Townsendia grandiflora
(Aster family)
Photograss
Shaggy fleabane
Erigeron pumilus
(Sunflower family)
native
native
These are larger than
shaggy fleabane
and make a beautiful bright Photograss
spot; not very abundant
Common in dry grassland
(more and thinner white
ray flower petals than
largeflower daisy)