Lupinus citrinus

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Overview

Threatened

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

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Annual

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

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

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

• 1997 IUCN red list of threatened plants Cambridge: IUCN, World Conservation Union, 1998 url p. 364.
• A popular California flora: or, manual of botany for beginners. ..: to which is added an analytical key to West Coast botany. .. / by Volney Rattan. San Francisco: Bancroft, 1888. url p. 41.
• An illustrated flora of the Pacific States: Washington, Oregon, and California. Stanford University, Stanford University Press, 1923-[60] url p. 493, p. 494.
• Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences. [S.l.: The Academy], 1884- url p. 134.
• Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 47 1920 New York: Torrey Botanical Club, 1870-1996 url p. 488, p. 507, p. 509.
• Field book of western wild flowers, by Margaret Armstrong in collaboration with J.J. Thornber. .. with five hundred illustrations in black and white, and forty-eight plates in color drawn from nature by the author. London, C. [sic] P. Putnam's Sons, 1915. url p. 589, p. 589.
• Leaflets of western botany. San Fransisco:[J. T. Howell], 1932-1966. url .
• Western flower guide, wild flowers of the Rockies and west to the Pacific, Garden City, Doubleday, Page & company, 1917. url p. 279.

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 November 25, 2007:

• Berkeley Natural History Museums, University and Jepson Herbaria DiGIR provider
• USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2650664
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-12454
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13637523
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:504298-1
• GRIN Nomen Number: 320228
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 25988
• Natural Heritage Network Species Identifier: PDFAB2B100
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: LUCID
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 48402

Footnotes

1. "Lupinus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 33.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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