Utah Valley University Herbarium
Fabaceae  ¦  Hedysarum  ¦  Hedysarum alpinum  ¦  09725

Label

Accession No. 09725 
Family Fabaceae 
Species Hedysarum alpinum L.
Subspecies var. americanum Michx.
Collector Information J.G. Harris  (3639)  23 July 2004 , with D.L. Taylor
Geography Canada,  Northwest Territories, 
Lat./Long. 67°  27' 58" N, 133°  45 ' 50" W at 33 feet (10 m)
Locality bank of the Mackenzie River at Dempster Highway crossing. 
Ecology riverbank community. 

Taxonomy


Synonyms recognized by ITIS (bold taxon is currently accepted):

     Hedysarum alpinum L.
     Hedysarum alpinum ssp. americanum (Michx.) Fedtsch.
     Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum Michx.
     Hedysarum alpinum var. grandiflorum Rollins
     Hedysarum alpinum var. philoscia (A. Nels.) Rollins
     Hedysarum americanum (Michx.) Britt.
     Hedysarum hedysaroides auct. non (L.) Schinz & Thellung
     Hedysarum philoscia A. Nels.
     Hedysarum truncatum Eastw.

Common Name(s): alpine sweetvetch.

Taxonomic Hierarchy: (ITIS TSN=26723, click for more information and references)

        Kingdom: Plantae
            Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
                Division: Magnoliophyta
                    Class: Magnoliopsida
                        Subclass: Rosidae
                            Order: Fabales
                                Family: Fabaceae
                                    Genus: Hedysarum
                                        Species: Hedysarum alpinum
                                                                                            

Images

Available images of this specimen (click to view):
specimen image: 09725s1.jpg

Nearby Accessions


Other accessions in the database collected near this one:

Accession Name Dist., dir.
09713 Alopecurus alpinus  var. alpinus   "Mountain foxtail" same section
09688 Astragalus alpinus      "alpine milkvetch" same section
09714 Carex bicolor      "twocolor sedge" same section
09717 Cochlearia officinalis  ssp. groenlandica  same section
09710 Eriophorum angustifolium      "tall cottongrass" same section
09709 Eriophorum angustifolium      "tall cottongrass" same section
09708 Festuca rubra      "red fescue" same section
09724 Galeopsis bifida      "splitlip hempnettle" same section
09686 Oxytropis borealis  var. borealis   "boreal locoweed" same section
09723 Plantago major      "common plantain" same section
09747 Potentilla anserina      "silverweed" same section
09715 Saxifraga hirculus  var. propinqua  same section
09695 Senecio atropurpureus      "arctic groundsel" same section
09691 Stellaria humifusa      "saltmarsh starwort" same section
09690 Stellaria longipes      "meadow starwort" same section
09696 Taraxacum alaskanum      "northern dandelion" same section

Locale


Nearby locations from the USGS Geographic Name Information System (GNIS) database:

Name County Dist., dir. Elevation (ft.) 7.5' Quad Name

Links

Taxon Links for species Hedysarum alpinum  L.

CalPhotos, Berkeley Digital Library Project

CNPS Manual of California Vegetation Database

USDA Plants database
University of Washington Herbarium: Plants of Washington (images)

Texas A&M University: Image Library (images)

Lady Bird Johnson's Wildflower Center

Google Images

External link to this species in the UVU Herbarium:
http://herbarium.UVU.edu/virtual/search.asp?taxon=Hedysarum+alpinum

Zooming out might reveal more collections in other states.

Note: Printing this page will show all information sequentially.   edit