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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.
Group relationships: Genus Hedysarum, Hedysarum
Generic synonyms: Subshrub, Suffrutex
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hedysarum Boreale
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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