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Western Sweetvetch
Hedysarum occidentale
Family:
Pea (Fabaceae)
AKA:
Western Chainpod
Picture taken on:
July 23, 2019
Location:
Gunnison County Road 748, CO
Life Zones:
Montane
Habitat:
Meadows, woodland openings
Very similar to Utah Sweetvetch but bigger, growing bushy
from 2 to 3 feet tall and at higher elevations. Leaves are divided into
oval leaflets. The flower head is 4" long with pendant pink to purple
flowers which have short teeth on the
calyx. It also produces flattened seedpods like a chain.
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