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Hedysarum boreale Nutt.
Utah sweetvetch
       
Symbol:   HEBO  
Group:   Dicot  
Family:   Fabaceae  
Duration:   Perennial  
Growth Habit:   Forb/herb  
Native Status:  
L48    N
AK    N
CAN    N



   
Common Names:
  northern sweetvetch
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 Photo of Hedysarum boreale Nutt.
Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, AK, Fort Gibbon. Usage Requirements.
 
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Hedysarum boreale Nutt.

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Distribution:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt.

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USA (AK, AZ, CO, ID, MT, ND, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NF, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)
 

Related Taxa:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt.

View 236 genera in Fabaceae, 19 species in Hedysarum or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. boreale. .
Hedysarum boreale ssp. boreale
Utah sweetvetch
Distribution of Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ssp. mackenziei (Richardson) S.L. Welsh. . Image Available.
Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenziei
northern sweetvetch
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt.

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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
 

More Accounts and Images:
Hedysarum boreale Nutt.

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

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 26724.

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).

View 2 propagation protocols from Native Plants Network.
 

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UT-Utah Crop Notice of Release of 'TIMP' Utah Sweetvetch

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