Hedysarum

Hedysarum
Hedysarum coronarium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Hedysareae
Genus: Hedysarum
L. (1753)
Type species
Hedysarum coronarium
L.
Synonyms
  • Banalia Bubani (1899), nom. illeg.
  • Sartoria Boiss. (1849)
  • Stracheya Benth. (1853)

Hedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.

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