PLANTS Profile for Hedysarum alpinum (alpine sweetvetch)

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Hedysarum alpinum L.
alpine sweetvetch

Symbol:

HEAL

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

More Information:

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Hedysarum alpinum L.

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Synonyms:
Hedysarum alpinum L.

HEALA2	Hedysarum alpinum L. ssp. americanum (Michx.) Fedtsch.
HEALA3	Hedysarum alpinum L. var. alpinum	alpine sweetvetch
HEALA	Hedysarum alpinum L. var. americanum Michx.
HEALG	Hedysarum alpinum L. var. grandiflorum Rollins
HEALP	Hedysarum alpinum L. var. philoscia (A. Nelson) Rollins
HEAM9	Hedysarum americanum (Michx.) Britton
HECA33	Hedysarum caucasicum M. Bieb.
HEHE2	Hedysarum hedysaroides auct. non (L.) Schinz & Thell.	zulla silvestre, sulla alpina, alpine French-honeysuckle
HEPH2	Hedysarum philoscia A. Nelson
HESI5	Hedysarum sibiricum Poir.
HETR2	Hedysarum truncatum Eastw.

Distribution:
Hedysarum alpinum L.


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USA (AK, ME, MI, MT, ND, NE, NH, RI, SD, VT, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Hedysarum alpinum L.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 19 species in Hedysarum

Classification:
Hedysarum alpinum L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Rosidae
Order	Fabales
Family	Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus	Hedysarum L. – sweetvetch
Species	Hedysarum alpinum L. – alpine sweetvetch

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hedysarum alpinum L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maine:
alpine sweet-broom		Special Concern
Michigan:
alpine sainfoin		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Hedysarum alpinum L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FAC-

FAC-

FACU

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Hedysarum alpinum L.

View species account from USDA Forest Service Fire Effects Information System (FEIS).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26723.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 11:53 PM CST