Hedysarum
Sign in to saveHedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia
General: on Hedysarum and Onobrychis, with a few minor segregates. Choi &
via GBIF · Kew POWO
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- Parent taxon
- Hedysareae
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- Hedysarum coronarium - Martyn.jpg
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Hedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.
==Description== left|thumb|Hedysarum occidentale is a herbaceous subalpine to alpine species of western North America. Species within genus Hedysarum may be herbaceous plants or deciduous shrubs. They have odd-pinnate leaves, with entire leaflets (no notches or indentations). These leaves resemble the leaves of sweet peas. The stipules may be free or connate, and stipels (secondary stipules) are absent.