Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Lupine
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
Habit: Herb • Climbing: Not Climbing
Flowers: Flower Color: medium blue
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 12-18" tall.
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Annual
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
)
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
)
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
)
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
)
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
)
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
)
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Order:
Fabales
(
)
- Bromhead, 1838
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
)
- A.L. de Jussieu, 1789, nom. cons.
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
)
- Subfamily:
Papilionoideae
(
- Family:
Leguminosae
(
- Order:
Fabales
(
- Superorder:
Rosanae
(
- Subclass:
Rosidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Synonyms
Lupinus Paniculatus Pubescens
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Climbing
: Not climbing, Conservation
Status: Not Threatened,
Habit: Herb, Lifespan: Annual
Last scrutiny: Jun-2001
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
- Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 1 1898 Lancaster, Pa.: Published for the Garden by the New Era Printing Co., url p. 151.
- Catalogue of scientific papers (1800-1900) Comp. by the Royal society of London. Cambridge, C. J. Clay and sons, 1867-1902; url p. 267.
- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. url p. 267.
- 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. 951.
- Flora of Peru / by J. Francis Macbride. 13 1943 Chicago, [Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, [1943] url p. 503.
- Hand-list of herbaceous plants cultivated in the Royal Botanic Gardens. London, Printed for H. M. Stationery Off. by Darling, 1902. url p. 705.
- Hooker, W. J. & G. A. W. Arnott. The botany of Captain Beechey's voyage;comprising an acount of the plants collected by Messrs. Lay and Collie, and other officers of the expedition, during the voyage to the Pacific and Behring's Strait, performed in His Majesty's ship Blossom, under the command of Captain F. W. Beechey. .. in the years 1825, 26, 27, and 28.By Sir William Jackson Hooker. .. and G. A. Walker Arnott. .. 1841 London, H. G. Bohn, 1841. url p. 21.
- The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 294.
- The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany. 21 1886 London: the Society: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green: ||Williams and Norgate, 1865-1968. url p. 633.
- The Phytologist: a popular botanical miscellany. London, John van Voorst, 1844-56. url p. 144.
- The florist, fruitist, and garden miscellany. London: Chapman and Hall, 1852- url .
- The forests and gardens of South India. London, W. H. Allen, 1861. url .
- The journal of the Horticultural Society of London. London, [England]: Published for the Society, by Longman and Co., 1846-1855. url p. 108.
- The power of movement in plants / by Charles Darwin, assisted by Francis Darwin. New York: D. Appleton, 1898. url p. 342.
- The power of movement in plants. By Charles Darwin. .. assisted by Francis Darwin. New York, Appleton, 1881. url p. 342, p. 401.
- 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. 1924.
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 15, 2007:
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Herbarium of Oskarshamn
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ILD-5832
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13623617
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:145784-2
- MoBot NameID: 13014482
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 427985
Footnotes
- "Lupinus". in Flora of Pakistan Page 33.. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
