Fabaceae
Alpine sweetvetch
Hedysarum alpinum
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hedysarum
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Common names
By language (8)
- arz
- هيديساروم البينوم
- Azerbaijani
- Alp qəpikotu
- Chinese
- 山岩黃芪, 山岩黄芪, 山巖黃芪, 中国岩黄芪（中华岩黄芪）, 山岩黄耆, 牙疳药, 中华岩黄芪, 中国岩黄芪
- English
- Alpine sweetvetch
- Japanese
- アルパイン・スウィートベッチ
- Polish
- \Hedysarum alpinum
- Russian
- Копеечник альпийский, Дикий картофель, Копеечник сибирский, Морковь Аляски
- Tatar
- Альп тәңкәяфрагы
Synonyms
- Banalia alpina (L.) Bubani
- Echinolobium alpinum (L.) Desv.
- Hedysarum alpinum var. alpinum
- Hedysarum elongatum Basiner
- Hedysarum elongatum Fisch. ex G.Lodd.
- Hedysarum sibiricum sensu Ledeb.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- purple (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Alaska: native, Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.