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Hedysarum
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Hedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.

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Within Vinony's link graph, Hedysarum is referenced by 43 other articles, and connects out to stamen, Hedysarum boreale and plant.

Vinony files it under Fabaceae genera, Hedysareae and Taxonbars with 20–24 taxon IDs.

Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toAfghanistan, Alaska, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Austria, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia
Observations recorded69,219

General: on Hedysarum and Onobrychis, with a few minor segregates. Choi &amp

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taxon name
Hedysarum
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Hedysarum
taxon common name
medenica
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Hedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.

==Description== left|thumb|Hedysarum occidentale is a herbaceous subalpine to alpine species of western North America. Species within genus Hedysarum may be herbaceous plants or deciduous shrubs. They have odd-pinnate leaves, with entire leaflets (no notches or indentations). These leaves resemble the leaves of sweet peas. The stipules may be free or connate, and stipels (secondary stipules) are absent.

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