Locoweeds: leaves pea-like with numerous leaflets; flowers white, blue or purple; seeds kidney-shaped in pods.

• A. Prickly Pear
• B. Locoweeds
• C. Showy Milkweed
• D. Broom Snakeweed

Answer: (B)

Locoweeds are a group of poisonous legumes identifiable by three main features: leaves that look like pea leaves with many leaflets, flowers that can be white, blue, or purple, and seeds that are kidney-shaped housed in pods. This combination of a legume-style leaf arrangement, the characteristic flower colors, and the kidney-shaped seeds in pods is distinctive for locoweeds, helping distinguish them from other plants on the list.

Prickly pear is a cactus with flat, spiny pads; showy milkweed has broad leaves and clusters of flowers with seed pods that release silky floss, not legume pods; broom snakeweed is a small shrub with different leaf shape and yellow flowers, not a legume with pods.