Fabaceae

White sweetvetch

Hedysarum sulphurescens Rydb.

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Hedysarum

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White sweetvetch (Hedysarum sulphurescens) — FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (1)

English: White sweetvetch

Synonyms

Hedysarum albiflorum B.Fedtsch.
Hedysarum boreale var. albiflorum Macoun
Hedysarum boreale var. flavescens B.Fedtsch.
Hedysarum flavescens J.M.Coult. & Fisher

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 185 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: white (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alan Covington, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Kate Crowell Walker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Caleb Catto, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Jon Ferreira, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dezene Huber, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Matt Lavin, 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.