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. Hedysarum occidentale is a herbaceous subalpine to alpine species of western North America.

Hedysarum alpinum is a species of flowering plant in the legume family known by the common name alpine sweetvetch. It is called masu, masru or mazu in the Iñupiaq language. It has a circumpolar distribution, occurring throughout the northern latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere.

Oct 19, 2023 · The Hedysarum plant genus, part of the Fabaceae family, includes numerous species of perennial herbs and shrubs. Native to the Northern Hemisphere, these plants are often used as forage for wildlife. Notable species include Hedysarum coronarium, known as French honeysuckle. Hedysarum grows best in well-drained soil under full sun. It tolerates ...

The PLANTS Database includes the following 19 species of Hedysarum L. Click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

May 16, 2024 · Hedysarum is a plant genus that is part of the Fabaceae family. It consists of about 100 species of annual and perennial herbs that are native to North America, Europe, Asia, and north Africa. Most of the species feature dense clusters of flowers that are stacked vertically on the branches.

Hedysarum coronarium, commonly called French honeysuckle, sulla or sulla clover, is a bushy, herbaceous perennial or biennial that typically grows to 3’ tall and as wide. It is closely related to lespedeza and vetch.

Alpine sweet-vetch has a circumboreal distribution and is found across northern North America. It enters New England only in Maine and Vermont, where it inhabits ice-scoured riversides, cliffs and talus slopes, and subalpine ravines on high-pH …

Hedysarum hedysaroides, common name alpine sainfoin, is a perennial herb belonging to the family Fabaceae. Hedysarum hedysaroides grows to 20–60 centimetres (7.9–23.6 in) in height. It is a perennial plant, with straight or ascending stems and imparipinnate leaves, 1–3 cm long. Inflorescences bear from 15 to 30-35 purple-violet flowers in clusters.

Hedysarum coronarium, commonly known as sulla clover, sulla, or French honeysuckle, is a perennial or biennial herbaceous plant that generally grows up to 3 feet tall is equal in width. The bright red, extremely fragrant, pea-like flowers bloom from the end of spring to the beginning of summer in dense axillary clusters on upright flower stalks.

Hedysarum Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 745. 1753. 岩黄耆属 yan huang qi shu Authors: Langran Xu & Byoung-Hee Choi. Stracheya Bentham. Herbs, rarely shrublets or shrubs. Stipules 2, opposite petiole, scarious, connate or free, marcescent or deciduous. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflet blades opposite, margin entire.