Utah Sweetvetch
Hedysarum boreale
Utah sweetvetch is a hardy western legume with spikes of fragrant rose-purple pea flowers above ferny leaves, a nitrogen-fixing, drought-tolerant native for sunny, dry slopes; its roots are edible.
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- red, pink, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AK, AZ, CO, ID, MT, ND, NH, NM, NV, OK, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY