[The Pea Family West of the Cascade Mountains]

Western Sweet-vetch

Hedysarum occidentale

Western Sweet-vetch: Hedysarum occidentale

A close-up of the pendant flower of western sweet-vetch as seen on slopes above the Hurricane Ridge Road about one mile east of the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center in Olympic National Park....................July 25, 2008.

Western Sweet-vetch: Hedysarum occidentale

Western sweet-vetch as seen on slopes above the Hurricane Ridge Road about one mile east of the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center in Olympic National Park....................July 25, 2008.

Western Sweet-vetch: Hedysarum occidentale

A close-up of the raceme of western sweet-vetch as seen on slopes above the Hurricane Ridge Road about one mile east of the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center in Olympic National Park....................July 25, 2008.

Paul Slichter