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Hedysarum
Also called Sweet Vetch, Sweetvetches
Hedysarum, or sweetvetch, is a genus of about 200 annual and perennial herbs and some deciduous shrubs from the pea family, found across Asia, Europe, North Africa and North America. Grow it as a hardy, sun-loving perennial in well-drained soil; care varies by species.
Hedysarum (sweetvetch) is a genus of the botanical family Fabaceae, consisting of about 200 species of annual or perennial herbs found in Asia, Europe, North Africa, and North America.
Hedysarum species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera (moth and butterfly) species including Coleophora accordella. Some species, such as Hedysarum alpinum also known as Alpine sweetvetch or wild potato, were eaten by the Inuit to help ward off the effects of scurvy due to it being rich in vitamin C, containing about 21 mg/100g.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hedysarum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
