Everything about Hedysarum totally explained
Hedysarum (
Sweetvetch) is a
genus of the
botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 309
species of annual or perennial
herbs in
Asia,
Europe,
North Africa, and
North America.
Hedysarum leaves are imparipinnate, with
leaflets entire.
Stipels are absent, with stipules free or connate.
Inflorescences are peduncled
racemes or heads.
Bracts are small, with bracteoles below the
calyx, and calyx teeth subequal.
Corolla are pink, purplish, yellow, or whitish.
Vexillum are longer than the wings, with an obtuse keel longer or rarely shorter than the wings.
Stamens are diadelphous, 9+1, and
anthers uniform. Ovary is 2-8-ovuled. Fruit is a lomentum, with segments glabrous, pubescent, bristly, or spiny.
Hedysarum species are used as food plants by the
larvae of some
Lepidoptera species including
Coleophora accordella. Some species, such as
Hedysarum alpinum, were eaten by the
Inuit to help ward off the effects of
scurvy due to it being rich in
vitamin C, containing about 21 mg/100g.
Charles Darwin also called the
telegraph plant a Hedysarum.
Selected species
- Hedysarum abyssinicum
- Hedysarum acayucense
- Hedysarum aculeolatum
- Hedysarum acuminatum
- Hedysarum acutifolium
- Hedysarum adhaerens
- Hedysarum adscendens
- Hedysarum aequidentatum
- Hedysarum ahilum
- Hedysarum aikini
- Hedysarum aikinianum
- Hedysarum alabukense
- Hedysarum alaicum
- Hedysarum alamani
- Hedysarum alaschanicum
- Hedysarum alatum
- Hedysarum albiflorum
- Hedysarum album
- Hedysarum algeriense
- Hedysarum algidum
- Hedysarum alhagi
- Hedysarum alopecuroides
- Hedysarum alpinum
- Hedysarum altaicum
- Hedysarum amankutanicum
- Hedysarum americanum
- Hedysarum ammoxylon
- Hedysarum ancistrocarpum
- Hedysarum ancyrense
- Hedysarum angrenicum
- Hedysarum angustifolium
- Hedysarum annuum
- Hedysarum anomalum
- Hedysarum antitauricum
- Hedysarum aparines
- Hedysarum aquaticum
- Hedysarum arborescens
- Hedysarum arboreum
- Hedysarum arbuscula
- Hedysarum arcticum
- Hedysarum arenarium
- Hedysarum argentatum
- Hedysarum argenteum
- Hedysarum argyreum
- Hedysarum argyrophyllum
- Hedysarum armenium
- Hedysarum armenum
- Hedysarum articulatum
- Hedysarum ascendens
- Hedysarum asperum
- Hedysarum astragaloides
- Hedysarum atlanticum
- Hedysarum atomarium
- Hedysarum atropatanum
- Hedysarum aucheri
- Hedysarum aureum
- Hedysarum auriculatum
- Hedysarum australe
- Hedysarum austrokurilense
- Hedysarum austrosibiricum
- Hedysarum axillare
- Hedysarum coronarium
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