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Yellow sweet-vetch
Hedysarum sulphurescens

Family: Fabaceae


What it is like

A herb that keeps growing from year to year. The flowers are yellow or whitish.


Where it is found

It grows in dry to moist forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Canada, North America


How it is used for food

The young roots are baked, boiled or roasted.

Edible parts

Roots


How it is grown


Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Hedysarum albiflorum (Macoun) B. Fedtsch.; Hedysarum flavescens J. M. Coult. & Fisher; and others