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horseshoe vetch

Hippocrepis comosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 233, February 172, March 270, April 424, May 612, June 667, July 714, August 614, September 451, October 336, November 184, December 144.
United States4,821
Alaska4,819
Germany1,252
France682
Italy633
Bayern568
Austria560
United Kingdom539
Switzerland538
England534

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.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

Classification

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

Sources

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Practise horseshoe vetch with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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