PLANTS Profile for Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei (northern sweetvetch)

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Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh
northern sweetvetch

Symbol:

HEBOM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Fabaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Photo of Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh

Hedysarum mackenziei

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Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh

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Synonyms:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh

	HEBOM3	Hedysarum boreale Nutt. var. mackenziei (Richardson) C.L. Hitchc.
	HEMA	Hedysarum mackenziei Richardson

Distribution:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh


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USA (AK, OR, WA), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 19 species in Hedysarum, 2 subspecies in Hedysarum boreale Nutt.

Classification:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh

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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 boreale Nutt. – Utah sweetvetch
Subspecies	Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh – northern sweetvetch

More Accounts and Images:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 524125.

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

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 09:47 AM CDT