Hedysarum alpinum

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Genus Hedysarum

Annual or perennial herbs. Leaf imparipinnate , leaflets entire; stipels absent; stipules free or connate . Inflorescence a peduncled raceme or head . Bracts small, bracteoles below the calyx present. Calyx teeth subequal . Corolla pink, purplish, yellow or whitish. Vexillum longer than the wings ; keel longer or rarely shorter than the wings, obtuse . Stamens diadelphous , 9+1, anthers uniform . Ovary 2-8-ovuled. Fruit a lomentum, segments glabrous , pubescent , bristly or spiny .

A genus with about 100 species, distributed in Europe, N.Africa, Asia and N.America.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,091 meters (0 to 13,422 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 15-18" apart.

Soil: Minimum pH: 6.1 • Maximum pH: 7.8

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, 5a, 5b, 6a, 6b, 7a, 7b, 8a, 8b. (map)

Taxonomy

Synonyms

Hedysarum elongatum Basiner • Hedysarum sibiricum sensu Ledeb.

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Conservation Status: Not Threatened, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Hedysarum

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

H. alpinum (Alpine Sweetvetch) · H. alpinum var. grandiflorum (Liquorice-Root) · H. alpinum var. philoscia (Liquorice-Root) · H. argyrophyllum (Kopeechnik Serebristolistnyi) · H. boreale boreale (Boreal Sweetvetch) · H. boreale boreale var. boreale (Boreal Sweetvetch) · H. boreale mackenzii (Northern Sweet-Vetch) · H. boreale var. gremiale (Boreal Sweetvetch) · H. boreale subsp. mackenzii (Sweet-Broom) · H. coronarium (French Honeysuckle) · H. dasycarpum (Kopeechnik Shchetinistoplodnyi) · H. fruticosum (Sweetvetch) · H. hedysaroides (Sssklee) · H. hedysaroides hedysaroides (Sssklee) · H. hemithamnoides (Kopeechnik Polukustarnikovyi) · H. latibracteatum (Kopeechnik Shirokopritzvetniko) · H. occidentale (Canyon Sweetvetch) · H. occidentale var. occidentale (Western Sweetvetch) · H. scoparium (Sweetvetch) · H. spinosissimum (Dorniger Sussklee) · H. sulphurescens (White Sweetvetch)

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Further Reading

• A general system of gardening and botany. Founded upon Miller's Gardener's dictionary, and arranged according to the natural system. By George Don. London, Printed for C. J. G. and F. Rivington, 1831-38. url p. 301, p. 302.
• An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a By J.C. Loudon. .. illustrated with many hundred engravings on wood by Branston. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827. url p. 869.
• An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions: from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian / by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Hon. Addison Brown. New York: Scribner, 1913. url p. 392.
• An introduction to systematic and physiological botany. by Thomas Nuttall. Cambridge [Mass.]Hilliard amd Brown;1827. url p. 156.
• Bartonia;proceedings of the Philadelphia botanical club. .. 47 - 51 1980 - 19 Philadelphia, Philadelphia Botanical Club, Academy of Natural Sciences. url p. 50.
• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url p. 223.
• Botanical appendix to Captain Franklin's narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea by John Richardson. [London?: s.n.], 1823 url .
• Botany of the northern and middle states, or, A description of the plants found in the United States, north of Virginia: arranged according to the natural system: with a synopsis of the genera according to the Linnaean system. .. / Albany: Printed by Webster and Skinners. .., 1833. url p. 86.
• Budd's flora of the Canadian Prairie Provinces / [Ottawa]: Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, 1987. url p. 476, p. 478, p. 479.
• Catalogue of Canadian plants. .. Montreal [etc.]1883-1902. url , p. 117, p. 117.
• Don, G. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants: comprising complete descriptions of the different orders...the whole arranged according to the natural system /by George Don. 2 1832 London: J.G. and F. Rivington, 1831-1838. url p. 301, p. 302.
• Edwards, S. T. The Botanical register: consisting of coloured figures of. .. 10 1824 London: Printed for James Ridgway, 1815-1828. url , , .
• Flora boreali-Americana, or, The botany of the northern parts of British America compiled principally from the plants collected by Dr. Richardson & Mr. Drummond on the late northern expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. to which are added (by permission of by Sir William Jackson Hooker. London: H.G. Bohn, 1840. url .
• Flora of the U.S.S.R. [Springfield, Va.: Israel Program for Scientific Translations; 1968- url p. 200.
• Horticultural register, and gardener's magazine. Boston, G. D. Barrett [etc.] url p. 264.
• Journal of ethnobiology. 17 1997 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 150.
• List of Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta growing without cultivation in northeastern North America. New York, 1893-1894. url .
• List of rare, threatened and endemic plants in Europe (1982 edition) Council of Europe url p. 314.
• Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, in the years 1819, 20, 21, and 22 /by John Franklin. ..; with an appendix on various subjects relating to science and natural history; illustrated by numerous plates and maps. 1823 London: John Murray, 1823. url p. 745.
• Naturalist's guide to the Americas, prepared by the Committee on the Preservation of Natural Conditions of the Ecological Society of America, with assistance from numerous organizations and individuals, assembled and edited by chairman, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins, 1926. url p. 139, p. 139.
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• The Cottage gardeners' dictionary: describing the plants, fruits, and vegetables desirable for the garden, and explaining the terms and operations employed in their cultivation; with an alphabetical list of synonymes / edited by George W. Johnson. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1863. url p. 839.
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Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
• ILDIS World Database of Legumes. Release date: May 1, 2007
• ILDIS World Database of LegumesNov 10, 2005.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)
• van der Maesen, LJG, 2001-03 (from ILDIS).

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 14, 2007:

• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Herbarium
• The Swedish Museum of Natural History
• , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
• US National Plant Germplasm System, United States National Plant Germplasm System Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Alaska Museum of the North, University of Alaska Museum of the North Herbarium
• University of Vienna, Institute for Botany - Herbarium WU, Herbarium WU
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium
• Utah State University, USU-UTC Specimen Database
• Utah Valley State College
• , Utah Valley State College Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874678
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-6110
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623386
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:497456-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 18594
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 26723
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB1Z010
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: HETR2
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 42097

Footnotes

1. "Hedysarum". in Flora of Pakistan Page 333.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 675.560 meters (2,216.404 feet), Standard Deviation = 665.740 based on 268 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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