USEFUL WILD PLANTS 



astringent fruit). The most dreaded of cattle- 

 poisons, however, particularly on the Western 

 ranges, is probably the so-called Loco-weed, a term 

 applied to several species of Astragalus — especially 

 A. mollissimus, Torr., distinguished by purple flow- 

 ers and densely hairy foliage. The genus is of the 



Loco-weed 



(Astragalus mollissimus) 



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