| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Hedysarum mackenzie Richardson trib. Hedysareae |
| Bibliography | Narr. Journey Polar Sea [J.Franklin]: 745 (1823) |
| Native Range | n. Russian Far East to nw. USA |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine or Subarctic |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | taproot, stems procumbent to erect, leaves pinnate, leaflets obovate, subglabrous, flowers in compact raceme, corolla to 10mm, pod elongate |
| Size | 15-30cm |
| Color | purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hedysarum boreale var. leucanthum (Greene) M.E.Jones Hedysarum boreale ssp. mackenzie (Richardson) S.L.Welsh Hedysarum boreale var. mackenzie (Richardson) C.L.Hitchc. Hedysarum boreale f. niveum (B.Boivin) Cody Hedysarum boreale f. proliferum (Dore) B.Boivin Hedysarum canescens Nutt. Hedysarum leucanthum (Greene) Greene Hedysarum mackenzie f. canescens B.Fedtsch. Hedysarum mackenzie var. canescens (B.Fedtsch.) B.Fedtsch. Hedysarum mackenzie var. leucanthum Greene Hedysarum mackenzie f. niveum B.Boivin Hedysarum mackenzie f. proliferum Dore |
| Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NUN Nunavut, YUK Yukon) 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon) |