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Hedysarum L.

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Hedysarum L., Sp. Pl. 745-751 (1753)
Hedysarum L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
745-751
ICN
Hedysarum L.
genus
Hedysarum

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Hedysarum

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Hedysarum L.

Annual or perennial herbs, subshrubs or rarely shrubs. Lvs imparipinnate, stipulate; leaflets entire, with lateral veins not reaching the margin. Infl. axillary, racemose or capitate, bracteate. Calyx teeth 5, subequal. Corolla red-purple, pink, yellow or white. Vexillary stamen free, remainder connate; anthers uniform. Style abruptly inflexed above staminal tube; stigma terminal. Pod lomentaceous, compressed, indehiscent, smooth or spinous; seeds 1 per segment, reniform, estrophiolate.

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Hedysarum L.
Nepal

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5d57c62d-5473-48db-95cd-d7b42cada699
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1 January 2000
4 September 2008
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