Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Hedysarum alpinum L.


FABACEAE Family selection - Pea family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Hedysarum alpinum L. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 2: 750. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Alpine sweetvetch
en English name: liquorice-root

Grown habit: Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Hedysarum alpinum L. ssp. americanum (Michx.) Fedtsch.
= Hedysarum alpinum L. var. alpinum
= Hedysarum alpinum L. var. americanum Michx.
= Hedysarum alpinum L. var. grandiflorum Rollins
= Hedysarum alpinum L. var. philoscia (A. Nelson) Rollins
= Hedysarum americanum (Michx.) Britton
= Hedysarum caucasicum M. Bieb.
= Hedysarum hedysaroides auct. non (L.) Schinz & Thell.
= Hedysarum philoscia A. Nelson
= Hedysarum sibiricum Poir.
= Hedysarum truncatum Eastw.


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Hedysarum alpinum L. ssp. americanum (Michx.) Fedtsch.
2) Hedysarum alpinum L. var. alpinum
3) Hedysarum alpinum L. var. americanum Michx.
4) Hedysarum alpinum L. var. grandiflorum Rollins
5) Hedysarum alpinum L. var. philoscia (A. Nelson) Rollins



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Rosidae
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Hedysarum
Species:


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
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)

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(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Hedysarum americanum (Michx.) Britton [257]
2) Hedysarum boreale Nutt. [475]
3) Hedysarum boreale Nutt. var. rivulare (L.O. Williams) Northstrom [86]
4) Hedysarum grandiflorum Walter, nom. illeg., non Hedysarum grandiflorum Pall. [270]
5) Hedysarum multijugum Maxim. [430]
6) Helenium autumnale L. [1554]
7) Heleochloa schoenoides (L.) Host ex Roem. [209]
8) Helianthus alienus E.E. Watson [192]
9) Helianthus carnosus Small [190]
10) Helianthus maximiliani Schrad. [816]

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