Alpinum: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF)  and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus. 

	leaflets conspicuously veined; NOT [leaflets with obscure veins]
	calyx teeth shorter than the calyx tube; NOT [calyx teeth about as long as the calyx tube]
	calyx teeth very unequal; NOT [calyx teeth almost equal]
	upper calyx teeth nearly triangular; NOT [calyx teeth linear or linear-subulate]
	flowers violet, pale pink, or reddish purple; NOT [flowers sulphur yellow]
	segments of loment 3.5-5 mm broad; NOT [segments of loment 6-8 mm broad]
	segments of loment narrowly wing-margined; NOT [segments of loment conspicuously wing-margined]

Hedysarum: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora (BF)  and Flora of Alberta (FOA) leading to this genus. 

	herbs; NOT [shrubs]
	plants NOT climbing
	leaves pinnately divided; NOT [leaves palmately divided]
	the terminal leaflet normal; NOT [the terminal leaflet replaced by a tendril]
	inflorescence a raceme; NOT [inflorescence a loose, few-flowered, umbel-like head]
	keel truncate; NOT [keel acute]
	pods segmented or jointed, breaking up at maturity; NOT [pods not segmented or jointed]

Leguminosae: Answers to key questions in Budd's Flora leading to this family.

	herbs; NOT [shrubs or trees]
	plants terrestrial or semiaquatic; NOT [plants aquatic, leaves submerged or floating]
	plants NOT with colored milky juice
	plants with more than one normal leaf
	some or all leaves alternate; NOT [leaves opposite, whorled, or basal]
	leaves with stipules; NOT [leaves without stipules, or having glands]
	flowers with two floral rings, and with each petal distinct from the others]
	calyx regular; NOT [calyx irregular, some sepals smaller than others]
	flowers irregular in shape; NOT [flowers regular in shape]
	corolla pea-like; NOT [corolla with one petal spurred or sac-like]
	stamens usually separate or partly so, not in column; NOT [stamens united into a column]
	fruit a legume; NOT [fruit a 3-valved capsule]