Alaska Carrot, Alpine Sweetvetch, Alpine Sweet-vetch, Indian Potato, Indian Sweet Potato, Sweet Broom
Hedysarum alpinum
Synonyms: Hedysarum alpinum ssp. americanum, Hedysarum alpinum var. alpinum, Hedysarum alpinum var. americanum, Hedysarum alpinum var. grandiflorum, Hedysarum alpinum var. philoscia, Hedysarum americanum, Hedysarum caucasicum, Hedysarum hedysaroides, Hedysarum philoscia, Hedysarum sibiricum, Hedysarum truncatum
A nice clump of eskimo potato beginning to bloom on the gravel banks of the Nenana River adjacent to the McKinley Chalet. Mount Healy is in the background. Photographed on June 15, 2012.
Close-ups of the flowers of eskimo potato as seen at Paxson, Alaska.....................August 21, 2006.
The pinnately compound leaf of eskimo potato as seen at Paxson, Alaska....................August 21, 2006.
The photo above shows a close-up of the fruits of eskimo potato. Note how the pods are constricted between each seed, and note also the pattern of netted veins on the surface of the pods. Photographed at Paxson, Alaska......................August 21, 2006.
Eskimo potatoas photographed on the grounds of the McKinley Chalet near the Denali National Park and Preserve entrance............June 14, 2012.
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Eskimo potato photographed at Grassy Pass, Denali National
Park ............June 27, 2002.
Eskimo potato (going to seed) as seen at the entrance to Denali National Park....................August 22, 2006.
The flowers of eskimo potato. Note how the tip of the keel resembles the bow of a boat. Photographed at the entrance to Denali National Park..................August 22, 2006.
Another view of the pods of eskimo potato. Photographed at the entrance to Denali National Park..............August 22, 2006.
Paul Slichter