Lupinus albicaulis

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• Description
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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

Description

Genus Lupinus

Herbs or shrubs . Leaf generally palmately multifoliolate; stipules adnate .. Inflorescence a terminal raceme . Bract caducous , bracteoles mostly persistent . Calyx 2-lipped. Vexillum orbicular or broadly ovate . Wing petals connate at the apex. Keel beaked . Stamens monadelphous , anthers alternately long and short. Ovary sessile, 2-many ovuled, style incurved , glabrous or with a ring of hairs beneath the terminal stigma. Fruit compressed , 2-valved, often constricted between the seeds. Seed estrophiolate.

About 200 species; most numerous in Western North and South America, with a second centre round the Mediterranean.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 2,147 meters (0 to 7,044 feet).[2]

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Growth

Culture: Space 12-15" apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Climbing : Not climbing, Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Perennial

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lupinus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 326 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

L. abramsii (Abrams Lupine) · L. adsurgens (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. adsurgens var. adsurgens (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. adsurgens var. lilacinus (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. adsurgens var. undulatus (Drew's Silky Lupine) · L. affinis (Fleshy Lupine) · L. agardhianus (Bajada Lupine) · L. albicaulis (Pine Lupine) · L. albicaulis var. albicaulis (Sicklekeel Lupine) · L. albicaulis var. shastensis (Shasta Lupine) · L. albifrons (Bentham's Bush Lupine) · L. albifrons collinus (Silver Lupine) · L. albifrons eminens var. eminens (Foothill Lupine) · L. albifrons var. albifrons (Silver Bush Lupine) · L. albifrons var. douglasii (Douglas' Silver Lupine) · L. albifrons var. eminens (Silver Lupine) · L. albifrons var. flumineus (Silver Lupine) · L. albus albus (Altramuz) · L. alpestris (Alp Lupine) · L. ammophilus (Sand Lupine) · L. amphibius (Amphibious Lupine) · L. andersonii (Anderson's Lupine) · L. angustiflorus (Narrow-Flower Lupine) · L. angustifolius (Blue Lupin) · L. angustifolius angustifolius (Blue Lupin) · L. angustifolius reticulatus (Blue Lupin) · L. antoninus (Anthony Peak Lupine) · L. apertus (Summit Lupine) · L. arboreus (Bush Lupine) · L. arboreus var. arboreus (Bush Lupine) · L. arbustus arbustus (Long-Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus arbustus var. Arbustus (Longspur Lupine) · L. arbustus calcaratus (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus neolaxiflorus (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus pseudoparviflorus (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus silvicola (Spur Lupine) · L. arbustus var. montanus (Longspur Lupine) · L. arcticus (Arctic Lupine) · L. arcticus arcticus (Arctic Lupine) · L. arcticus canadensis (Arctic Lupine) · L. arcticus subalpinus (Arctic Lupine) · L. argenteus (Holo Lupine) · L. argenteus argenteus var. argenteus (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus moabensis var. moabensis (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus parviflorus (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus var. laxiflorus (Silvery Lupine) · L. argenteus var. utahensis (Silvery Lupine) · L. aridus (Arid Lupin) · L. aridus ashlandensis (Mt. Ashland Lupine) · L. aridus 'Summer Spires' (Arid Lupin) · L. arizonicus arizonicus (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus arizonicus var. Arizonicus (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus lagunensis (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus setosissimus (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus sonorensis (Arizona Lupine) · L. arizonicus var. barbatulus (Arizona Lupine) · L. benthamii (Bentham's Lupine) · L. benthamii heller (Spider Lupine) · L. benthamii var. benthamii (Spider Lupine) · L. benthamii var. opimus (Spider Lupine) · L. bicolor (Bicolor Lupine) · L. bicolor bicolor (Miniature Lupine) · L. bicolor microphyllus (Miniature Lupine) · L. bicolor tridentatus var. Tridentatus (Miniature Lupine) · L. bicolor var. tetraspermus (Miniature Lupine) · L. bingenensis (Bingen Lupine) · L. bingenensis var. bingenensis (Bingen Lupine) · L. bingenensis var. dubius (Bingen Lupine) · L. bingenensis var. subsaccatus (Bingen Lupine) · L. brevior (Short Lupine) · L. breweri (Brewer's Lupine) · L. breweri var. breweri (Brewer's Lupine) · L. breweri var. bryoides (Matted Lupine) · L. breweri var. grandiflorus (Matted Lupine) · L. breweri var. parvulus (Matted Lupine) · L. burkei (Burke's Lupine) · L. burkei burkei (Largeleaf Lupine) · L. burkei caeruleomontanus (Blue Mountains Lupine) · L. caespitosus (Dwarf Lupine) · L. caespitosus var. caespitosus (Stemless Dwarf Lupine) · L. caespitosus var. utahensis (Utah Lupine) · L. caudatus montigenus (Mount Rose Lupine) · L. cervinus (Santa Lucia Lupine) · L. chamissonis (Chamisso Bush Lupine) · L. chihuahuensis (Chihuahuan Lupine) · L. citrinus (Orange-Flowered Lupine) · L. citrinus var. citrinus (Orange Lupine) · L. citrinus var. deflexus (Mariposa Lupine) · L. concinnus (Bajada Lupine) · L. concinnus optatus (Nipomo Dune Lupine) · L. confertus (Crowded Lupine) · L. congdonii (Congdon's Lupine) · L. constancei (Lassics Lupine) · L. cosentinii (West Australian Blue Lupin) · L. covillei (Coville Lupine) · L. crassus (Paradox Lupine) · L. croceus (Mount Eddy Lupine) · L. croceus var. pilosellus (Saffron-Flower Lupine) · L. culbertsonii (Culbertson Lupine) · L. culbertsonii culbertsonii (Hockett Meadows Lupine)

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Further Reading

• A flora of California, by Willis Linn Jepson. San Francisco, Calif., Cunningham, Curtis & Welch, 1909- url p. 247, p. 248, p. 256.
• A report upon the boreal flora of the Sierra Nevada of California / by Frank Jason Smiley. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press, 1921. url p. 250, p. 255.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 510, p. 513, p. 514.
• Bibliographical index to North American botany; or, Citations of authorities for all the recorded indigenous and naturalized species of the flora of North America, with a chronological arrangement of the synonymy. by Sereno Watson. Washington, Smithsonian Institution, 1878. url , p. 234, p. 237.
• Botany. Cambridge, Mass.Welch, Bigelow, University Press, 1876-80. url p. 118, p. 118.
• California fish and game. [San Francisco, etc.]: State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Fish and Game. url p. 255.
• Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 1 1890-1895 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 157, p. 354, p. 43.
• Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United by L. H. Bailey. .. assisted by William Miller. .. and many expert cultivators and botanists. London: The Macmillan company, 1909. url p. 950.
• Exploration and survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah: including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains / Philadelphia: Lippincott, Gramabo & Co., 1852. url p. 483.
• Exploration and survey of the valley of the Great Salt Lake of Utah, including a reconnoissance of a new route through the Rocky Mountains. Philadelphia: Lippincott, Grambo & Co., 1852. url p. 386, p. 483.
• Flora Washingtonensis; a catalogue of the Phaenogamia and Pteridophyta of the state of Washington, n.p., 1892 url .
• Flora of the northwest coast, including the area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, from the forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia Mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon. Lancaster, Pa., Press of the New Era Printing Company, 1915. url .
• Flora of the northwest coast: including the area west of the summit of the Cascade Mountains, from the forty-ninth parallel south to the Calapooia Mountains on the south border of Lane County, Oregon / by Charles V. Piper and R. Kent Beattie. Lancaster, Pa.: Press of the New era printing company, 1915. url p. 217.
• Flora of the state of Washington / by Charles V. Piper. Washington: G.P.O., 1906 url p. 43.
• Flora of the state of Washington. By Charles V. Piper. Washington, Govt. Print. Off., 1906. url p. 354.
• Hooker, W. J. Flora boreali-americana, or, the botany of the northern parts of British America: compiled principally from the plants collected by Dr. Richardson & Mr. Drummond on the late northern expeditions, under command of Captain Sir John Franklin, R.N. To which are added (by permission of the Horticultural society of London, ) those of Mr. Douglas, from north-west America, and of other naturalists /by Sir William Jackson Hooker. 2 1840 London, H.G. Bohn [1829]-1840. url p. 303.
• Leaf-mining insects / by James G. Needham, Stuart W. Frost, Beatrice H. Tothill. Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins company, [c1928] url p. 313.
• Leaflets of western botany. San Fransisco:[J. T. Howell], 1932-1966. url p. 259.
• Muhlenbergia. Chico, Calif. [etc] url p. 213, p. 407, p. 67, p. 72.
• National list of scientific plant names. [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, 1982- url p. 247.
• Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Boston: Metcalf and Co., 1846-1958 url p. 539, p. 542, p. 543, p. 547, p. 548.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 541.
• Productive farming; or, A familiar digest of the recent discoveries of Liebig, Johnston, Davy, and other celebrated writers on vegetable chemistry; showing how the results of tillage might be greatly augmented. By Joseph A. Smith. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1843. url p. 376, p. 86.
• Report upon United States Geographical surveys west of the one hundredth meridian, Washington, Govt. print. off., 1875-89. url .
• Results of a biological survey of Mount Shasta, California, Washington, Govt Print. Off., 1899. url .
• Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. 15 1878 Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. url p. 234.
• The Great Basin naturalist. 1 1939 Provo, Utah: M.L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University, 1939-1999. url p. 56.
• The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States a Illustrated with colored plates, four thousand engravings in the text, and ninety-six full-page cuts. New York, Macmillan, 1919 [c1914] url p. 1922.
• University of California publications in botany. Berkeley, Calif., University of California Press, 1902-2001. url p. 250, p. 255.
• Zoe:a biological journal. 3 1892 San Diego, Calif. [etc.]Zoe Publishing Co. url p. 127, p. 127, p. 86.

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal January 28, 2008:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• Oregon State University, Vascular Plant Collection
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
• University of Washington Burke Museum, Vascular Plant Collection - University of Washington Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3874294
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-12435
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13637542
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:504065-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 22799
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25929
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2B050
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LUALS
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48084

Footnotes

1. "Lupinus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 33.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
2. Mean = 1,012.760 meters (3,322.703 feet), Standard Deviation = 606.220 based on 418 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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