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PLANTS

Alpine sweetvetch

Hedysarum alpinum

Plants
NativePerennialPurple flowers
Alpine sweetvetch, photo 1 of 5
Alpine sweetvetch, In flower
Alpine sweetvetch, Flower buds
61 cmHeight

Grows near water.

There are 67 observations of Alpine sweetvetch in Québec, mostly in Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Nord-du-Québec and Bas-Saint-Laurent, and it has been reported in 8 of the 17 regions. They peak in June and become rare from September to April.

Through the year

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Where to see it

  1. Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-Madeleine23
  2. Nord-du-Québec13
  3. Bas-Saint-Laurent11
  4. Côte-Nord8
  5. Centre-du-Québec5
  6. Estrie3
  7. Chaudière-Appalaches2
  8. Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean2

Habitat

Water’s edgeGogerr

Similar species

TOXIC
Utah sweetvetchHedysarum boreale
Bird vetchVicia cracca
American vetchVicia americana
DEADLY
Winter vetchVicia villosa
FireweedChamaenerion angustifolium
Alpine milkvetchAstragalus alpinus
Canadian milkvetchAstragalus canadensis
SainfoinOnobrychis viciifolia
American milk-vetchAstragalus americanus
TOXIC
Professor-weedGalega officinalis