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Alpine Sweet-vetch

Hedysarum alpinum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 39, February 36, March 58, April 122, May 244, June 459, July 562, August 127, September 91, October 65, November 40, December 37.
Canada4,717
United States3,442
Alberta1,519
British Columbia1,254
Alaska990
Yukon694
Russia256
Quebec221
Saskatchewan201
Northwest Territories115

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genussweetvetches · Hedysarum

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