Oxytropis macounii
This species is a member of the pea family. Early yellow locoweed is low growing. The seed pods are about three quarters of an inch long and are covered with short hairs, mostly white, but a few black. Animals will become listless and passive, and exhibit irregularities in gait and eating. In the latter stages they eventually stop eating and die.
The USDA Poisonous Plant Research Laboratory site has more information on locoweed.
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