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Taxon:  Hedysarum alpinum L.



Summary
Genus:
Hedysarum
Family:
Fabaceae (alt. Leguminosae)
Subfamily:
Faboideae
Tribe:
Hedysareae
Nomen number:
18594
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:750. 1753
Verified:
03/25/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
5 (5  active, 1  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Hedysarum alpinum L. var. alpinum (0 active accession[s])
Hedysarum alpinum L. var. americanum Michx. (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
  1. Fu, Y. C. et al. Flora intramongolica. 1977-
  2. Garibaldi, A. Medicinal flora of the Alaska natives: a compilation of knowledge from literary sources of Aleut, Alutiiq, Athabascan, Eyak, Haida, Inupiat, Tlingit, Tsimshian traditional healing methods using plants. 1999
  3. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. 1991
  4. Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. 1963
  5. Isely, D. 1955. The Leguminosae of the north-central United States 2. Hedysareae. Iowa State Coll. J. Sci. 30:74.
  6. Kitagawa, M. Neo-lineamenta florae Manshuricae. 1979
  7. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
  8. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
  9. Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. 1999
  10. McGregor, R. L. et al. (The Great Plains Flora Association). Flora of the Great Plains. 1986
  11. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. Flora of [West] Pakistan. 1970-
  12. Porsild, A. E. & W. J. Cody. Vascular plants of continental Northwest Territories, Canada. 1980
  13. Roizin, M. B. 1959. The root nodules of leguminous plants of the Kola Peninsula [in Russian]. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 44:467-474.
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  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980
  16. Voss, E. Michigan flora. 1972-
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaKorea  
1NativeAsia-TemperateMongoliaMongolia  
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationAmur 
1NativeAsia-TemperateRussian Far EastRussian FederationPrimorye 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Eastern SiberiaEastern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TemperateSiberiaRussian Federation-Western SiberiaWestern Siberia 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndiaJammu and Kashmir 
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentPakistan  
1NativeEuropeEast EuropeRussian Federation-European partEuropean part 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNew Brunswick 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaNewfoundland 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaOntario 
1NativeNorthern AmericaEastern CanadaCanadaQuebec 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesNorth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorth-Central U.S.A.United StatesSouth Dakota 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMaine 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesMichigan 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesNew Hampshire 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNortheastern U.S.A.United StatesVermont 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesMontana 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthwestern U.S.A.United StatesWyoming 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaNorthwest Territory 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaCanadaYukon Territory 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSubarctic AmericaUnited StatesAlaska 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaAlberta 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaBritish Columbia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaManitoba 
1NativeNorthern AmericaWestern CanadaCanadaSaskatchewan 
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Korea
  • MONGOLIA: Mongolia
  • RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Primorye, Amur]
  • SIBERIA: Russian Federation-Western Siberia [Western Siberia], Russian Federation-Eastern Siberia [Eastern Siberia]
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India [Jammu and Kashmir], Pakistan
Europe
  • EAST EUROPE: Russian Federation-European part [European part]
Northern America
  • EASTERN CANADA: Canada [New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec]
  • NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [North Dakota, South Dakota]
  • NORTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Maine, Michigan, New Hampshire, Vermont]
  • NORTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Montana, Wyoming]
  • SUBARCTIC AMERICA: Canada [Northwest Territory, Yukon Territory], United States [Alaska]
  • WESTERN CANADA: Canada [Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan]
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=18594. Accessed 18 July 2025.


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