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Hedysarum coronarium

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Name

Identification
Hedysarum coronarium L. [family FABACEAE F ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Hedysarum coronarium

Flora

Entry for Hedysarum coronarium L. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 3, Part 7, (2003) Author: various authors
Names
Hedysarum coronarium L. [family LEGUMINOSAE]
Information
It is a perennial to 1 m tall; leaves imparipinnate with 7–11 leaflets; stipules free; racemes dense; flowers carmine, with the standard 12–15 mm long; fruits jointed and comprised of 2–4 spinulose articles.
Range
native of southern Europe, has been grown in pasture trials at Marondera, Grasslands Research Station, fl. 29.v.1961, Corby 1015 (K; SRGH), and in Mutare, fl. 20.ix.1948, Smithers in GHS 21819 (K; SRGH).
Notes
“Spanish Sainfoin”

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