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  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Legumes, Milkworts, and Allies
  6. Legumes
  7. Hedysareae
  8. Sweetvetches

genus

Sweetvetches

Hedysarum

Traits
Includes
4 native 1 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Boreal Sweet-vetch native
  • Alpine Sweet-vetch native
  • Yellow Sweet-vetch native
  • Alpine Sainfoin present
  • Western Sweet-vetch native
  • Hedysarum boveanum
  • Hedysarum candidum
  • Hedysarum tauricum
  • Hedysarum varium
  • Hedysarum vicioides

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

Top native sweetvetches All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Boreal Sweet-vetch Hedysarum boreale caterpillars 9 bees 2 flowers 28
  • Alpine Sweet-vetch Hedysarum alpinum caterpillars 7 bees 2 flowers 11
  • Yellow Sweet-vetch Hedysarum sulphurescens caterpillars 4 bees 2 flowers 24
  • Western Sweet-vetch Hedysarum occidentale caterpillars 4 bees 1 food 1 flowers 4

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