Hedysarum sulphurescens Rydb.

White sweetvetch (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Hedysarum

Characteristics

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are yellow or whitish.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 0.3
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It grows in dry to moist forests.
Light 5-5
Soil humidity 2-2
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 5-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

The young roots are baked, boiled or roasted.
Uses -
Edible roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 14 - 42
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Hedysarum sulphurescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Hedysarum sulphurescens world distribution map, present in Canada, China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, United States of America, and Uzbekistan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297624-2
WFO ID wfo-0000184631
COL ID 3K394
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Hedysarum albiflorum Hedysarum sulphurescens Hedysarum flavescens Hedysarum boreale var. albiflorum Hedysarum boreale var. flavescens