Summary ⁵

Hedysarum boreale is a species of flowering plant in the Fabaceae, or legume family, and is known by the common names Utah sweetvetch,boreal sweet-vetch,northern sweetvetch, and plains sweet-broom. It is native to North America, where it is widespread in northern and western regions of Canada and the United States. The ssp. mackenziei can even be found in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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1. (c) Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Hedysarum_boreale_%285143688845%29.jpg
2. (c) Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Hedysarum_boreale_%285172163495%29.jpg
3. (c) Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Hedysarum_boreale_%284045845480%29.jpg
4. (c) Matt Lavin, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Hedysarum_boreale.jpg
5. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedysarum_boreale

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• OregonFlora.org
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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