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Boreal Sweet-vetch

Hedysarum boreale

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.January 63, February 59, March 94, April 198, May 461, June 985, July 421, August 206, September 148, October 106, November 64, December 59.
Canada5,802
United States4,258
Alberta2,757
British Columbia1,648
Utah1,112
Yukon606
Colorado437
Alaska413
Idaho209
Northwest Territories120

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • 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

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

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

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