Fabaceae
Utah sweetvetch
Hedysarum boreale
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Hedysarum
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Utah sweetvetch
Synonyms
- Hedysarum boreale var. boreale
- Hedysarum boreale var. typicum Rollins
- Hedysarum canescens Torr. & A.Gray
- Hedysarum mackenzii var. canescens (Torr. & A.Gray) B.Fedtsch.
- Hedysarum mackenzii var. fraseri B.Boivin
- Hedysarum mackenzii var. pabulare (A.Nelson) Kearney & Peebles
- Hedysarum pabulare var. rivulare Ll.Williams
Flowers
- Flower colour
- red (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: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, 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.