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Yellow Sweet-vetch

Hedysarum sulphurescens

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 42, February 40, March 63, April 133, May 266, June 345, July 561, August 139, September 100, October 71, November 43, December 40.
Canada2,537
Alberta1,326
British Columbia1,194
United States650
Idaho232
Wyoming43
Nunavut38
Washington19

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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