Definition of Hedysarum boreale

1. Noun. Perennial of western United States having racemes of pink to purple flowers followed by flat pods that separate into nearly orbicular joints.

Exact synonyms: Sweet Vetch
Group relationships: Genus Hedysarum, Hedysarum
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedysarum Boreale

Hector Berlioz
Hector Hevodidbon
Hector Hugh Munro
Hectour
Hedelfinger
Hedeoma pulegioides
Hedera
Hedera helix
Hedgecock
Hedgecox
Hedjaz
Hedstrom
Hedstrom file
Hedwig
Hedysarum
Hedysarum boreale (current term)
Hedysarum coronarium
Heegaard
Heegaard decomposition
Heegaard decompositions
Heegaard splitting
Heegaard splittings
Heerfordt
Heerfordt's disease
Hef
Hefei
Heffalump
Heffalumps
Hefnerian
Hegar

Literary usage of Hedysarum boreale

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. First Lessons in Botany: Designed for Common Schools in the United States by Alphonso Wood (1849)
"3, The legume (pod). 4, The seed, showing the embryo and the two large cotyledons. 5, Hedysarum boreale (a rare plant), a leaf and jointed pods ..."

2. Bulletin by Natural History Society of New Brunswick (1897)
"Here we found the Grass of Parnassus (Parnassia Caroliniana), Tofieldia glutinosa, Hedysarum boreale, Astragalus alpinus, very abundant along the lower ..."

3. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1903)
"The two habitats are so wholly different as to suggest in themselves the distinctness of the plants. Hedysarum boreale Nutt. ..."

4. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"... Sir John Richardson mentions Dryas Drummondii, Hedysarum boreale, Elaeagnus argentea, Shepherdia canadensis, and several other plants of our calcareous ..."

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