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Hedysarum bereale Nutt. No date.

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Album Caption: Hedysarum bereale Nutt. Family : Pea, Leguminosae. Flowers: Showy rose-purple irregular flowers in loose racemes which grow from the axils of leaves. Stamens 9 and 1. Blooms in June and July. Leaves : Odd-pinnate with many oblong leaflets. Finely punctate, smooth on upper surface and sparingly hairy beneath. Fruit : Compressed, several-jointed pod divided into 2 to 4 separable rounded segments. Plant: Perennial herb with 1 to 3 foot erect, leafy stems with scattered hairs. Resembles the Astragalus genus closely in general appearance except for seeds and hairy roughness. Published in U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1030-M, figure 152. 1957.

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Cannon, Helen Leighton

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