Thermopsis montana
Thermopsis montana
Safety & Hazards
The plant contains alkaloids which are especially toxic in young plants and in mature flowering plants. Children suffered digestive tract problems, weakness and neurological effects after eating a few seeds or flowers[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ]. All parts of the plant are toxic. Ingesting 0.6 to 2.8g of dry foliage per kg of body weight for several days produces severe muscle degeneration in cattle. Ingesting 300 - 400g of dried plant material for 3 - 4 days will severely intoxicate cattle and slightly more can be lethal[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].
Botanical Description
Thermopsis montana is an erect, herbaceous perennial plant growing from a woody rootstock or rhizomes. It produces one to several moderately or few branched stems 20 - 80cm tall, occasionally to 100cm[ 954 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 81 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN 0026-6493 Description A botanical journal with various articles, including a revision of the genus Petrea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. It is sometimes used in local soil stabilization projects. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens, valued especially for its attractive foliage and lupin-like spires of yellow flowers[ 200 Title The New RHS Dictionary of Gardening. 1992. Publication Author Huxley. A. Publisher MacMillan Press Year 1992 ISBN 0-333-47494-5 Description Excellent and very comprehensive, though it contains a number of silly mistakes. Readable yet also very detailed. ]. This species may become weedy or invasive in some regions or habitats outside its native range, and may displace native vegetation if not properly managed[ 277 Title Plants Database Publication Author Website http://plants.usda.gov/java/factSheet Publisher United States Department of Agriculture Year 0 ISBN Description An online database with an excellent collection of fact sheets about native N. American plants. ].