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Hedysarum L.

Sweetvetch (en), Sainfoin (fr)

Genus

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae

Characteristics

Herbs, rarely shrublets or shrubs. Stipules 2, opposite petiole, scarious, connate or free, marcescent or deciduous. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflet blades opposite, margin entire. Racemes axillary, lax to capitate; bracts marcescent or caducous. Bracteoles 2, at base of calyx. Calyx campanulate to obliquely campanulate; teeth 5, ± equal or unequal. Corolla purple, pink, yellow, or white; standard usually longer than wings, shorter or rarely as long as or longer than keel, turned backward at anthesis; keel with claw half or less than half as long as lamina. Stamens diadelphous (9+1). Ovary sessile to stipitate, with a few ovules. Legume articulate, usually divided into several articles, indehiscent, sutures connate or winged; articles compressed to biconvex, with veins, ribs, bristles, or spines, margin usually distinct.
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Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or rarely shrubs. Lvs imparipinnate, stipulate; leaflets entire, with lateral veins not reaching the margin. Infl. axillary, racemose or capitate, bracteate. Calyx teeth 5, subequal. Corolla red-purple, pink, yellow or white. Vexillary stamen free, remainder connate; anthers uniform. Style abruptly inflexed above staminal tube; stigma terminal. Pod lomentaceous, compressed, indehiscent, smooth or spinous; seeds 1 per segment, reniform, estrophiolate.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-9

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
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Images

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Distribution

Hedysarum world distribution map, present in China, New Zealand, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30007304-2
WFO ID wfo-4000017146
COL ID 6368X
BDTFX ID 86528
INPN ID 193121
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Synonyms

Hedysarum Sartoria Stracheya

Lower taxons

Hedysarum kirghisorum Hedysarum parvum Hedysarum boreale Hedysarum neglectum Hedysarum denticulatum Hedysarum caucasicum Hedysarum falconeri Hedysarum halophilum Hedysarum hyrcanum Hedysarum ibericum Hedysarum kopetdaghi Hedysarum kotschyi Hedysarum lehmannianum Hedysarum maitlandianum Hedysarum mahrense Hedysarum minjanense Hedysarum plumosum Hedysarum praticolum Hedysarum renzii Hedysarum wakhanicum Hedysarum occidentale Hedysarum campylocarpon Hedysarum ferganense Hedysarum poncinsii Hedysarum fistulosum Hedysarum flavescens Hedysarum iliense Hedysarum jinchuanense Hedysarum kumaonense Hedysarum limitaneum Hedysarum petrovii Hedysarum sikkimense Hedysarum splendens Hedysarum taipeicum Hedysarum tanguticum Hedysarum trigonomerum Hedysarum vicioides Hedysarum xizangensis Hedysarum drobovii Hedysarum gypsaceum Hedysarum hemithamnoides Hedysarum iomuticum Hedysarum linczevskyi Hedysarum lipskianum Hedysarum lipskyi Hedysarum macranthum Hedysarum magnificum Hedysarum nuratense Hedysarum pogonocarpum Hedysarum olgae Hedysarum pavlovii Hedysarum popovii Hedysarum pskemense Hedysarum pulchrum Hedysarum razoumowianum Hedysarum kolenatii Hedysarum subglabrum Hedysarum talassicum Hedysarum taschkendicum Hedysarum tenuifolium Hedysarum theinum Hedysarum truncatum Hedysarum turczaninovii Hedysarum turkestanicum Hedysarum vvedenskyi Hedysarum zundukii Hedysarum cretaceum Hedysarum tauricum Hedysarum thiochroum Hedysarum bucharicum Hedysarum callithrix Hedysarum criniferum Hedysarum damghanicum Hedysarum elbursense Hedysarum elymaiticum Hedysarum sauzakense Hedysarum sericatum Hedysarum singarense Hedysarum volkii Hedysarum cappadocicum Hedysarum citrinum Hedysarum dentatoalatum Hedysarum astragaloides Hedysarum microcalyx Hedysarum acutifolium Hedysarum alaicum Hedysarum amankutanicum Hedysarum angrenicum Hedysarum argyrophyllum Hedysarum armenum Hedysarum baicalense Hedysarum baldshuanicum Hedysarum bordzilovskyi Hedysarum chaitocarpum Hedysarum chantavicum Hedysarum cisdarvasicum Hedysarum consanguineum Hedysarum cumuschtanicum Hedysarum jaxarticum Hedysarum kamcziraki Hedysarum kamelinii Hedysarum kandyktassicum Hedysarum karataviense Hedysarum kasteki Hedysarum kemulariae Hedysarum korshinskyanum Hedysarum kudrjaschevii Hedysarum kuhitangi Hedysarum latibracteatum Hedysarum mindshilkense Hedysarum minussinense Hedysarum mogianicum Hedysarum monophyllum Hedysarum narynense Hedysarum nikolai Hedysarum roseum Hedysarum sajanicum Hedysarum sangilense Hedysarum santalaschi Hedysarum alpinum Hedysarum grandiflorum Hedysarum macedonicum Hedysarum ucrainicum Hedysarum enaffae Hedysarum macrocarpum Hedysarum nonnae Hedysarum al-shehbazii Hedysarum nagarzense Hedysarum perraudiereanum Hedysarum gmelinii Hedysarum naudinianum Hedysarum biebersteinii Hedysarum candidum Hedysarum formosum Hedysarum sulphurescens Hedysarum bellevii Hedysarum polybotrys Hedysarum atropatanum Hedysarum brahuicum Hedysarum longigynophorum Hedysarum algidum Hedysarum brachypterum Hedysarum inundatum Hedysarum pseudastragalus Hedysarum cachemirianum Hedysarum manaslense Hedysarum pseudomicrocalyx Hedysarum aculeatum Hedysarum dmitrievae Hedysarum balchanense Hedysarum bectauatavicum Hedysarum chaiyrakanicum Hedysarum cisbaicalense Hedysarum austrokurilense Hedysarum daraut-kurganicum Hedysarum songaricum Hedysarum daghestanicum Hedysarum candidissimum Hedysarum issykkulense Hedysarum x polychroma Hedysarum praticola Hedysarum pycnostachyum Hedysarum taoriparium Hedysarum tscherkassovae Hedysarum vanense Hedysarum bojnordense Hedysarum glabrifoliolatum Hedysarum longipedunculatum Hedysarum paucifoliolatum Hedysarum tschuense Hedysarum marandense Hedysarum neyshaboricum Hedysarum hirtifoliolum Hedysarum antitauricum Hedysarum armenium Hedysarum cyprium Hedysarum johartchii Hedysarum lintschevskyi Hedysarum longidens Hedysarum malurense Hedysarum orumiehense Hedysarum Hedysarum mackenziei Hedysarum branthii Hedysarum nitidum Hedysarum pannosum Hedysarum pestalozzae Hedysarum sewerzowi Hedysarum biebersteinii Hedysarum krylovii Hedysarum tibeticum Hedysarum astragaloides Hedysarum cachemirianum Hedysarum jaxartucirdes Hedysarum anatolicum Hedysarum gypsophilum Hedysarum tongtianhense Hedysarum yushuensis Hedysarum xichuanicum Hedysarum erzurumianum Hedysarum minimum Hedysarum alamutense Hedysarum alii Hedysarum cuonanum Hedysarum dededaghense Hedysarum garinense Hedysarum ketenoglui Hedysarum kulikovii Hedysarum malatyanum Hedysarum persicum Hedysarum shahjinalense Hedysarum tarbagataicum Hedysarum turcicum Hedysarum ulutavicum Hedysarum villosissimum Hedysarum wangii Hedysarum schellianum Hedysarum duruae Hedysarum hasanyildirimii Hedysarum argyrophyllum Hedysarum aucheri Hedysarum coelesyriacum Hedysarum huetii Hedysarum sultanovae Hedysarum kalatense Hedysarum severzovii Hedysarum erythroleucum Hedysarum korzinskyanum Hedysarum sachalinense Hedysarum branthii Hedysarum micropterum Hedysarum papillosum Hedysarum chalchorum Hedysarum dahuricum Hedysarum semenowii Hedysarum setigerum Hedysarum setosum Hedysarum omissum Hedysarum ovczinnikovii Hedysarum pallidiflorum Hedysarum varium Hedysarum hedysaroides Hedysarum boveanum
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