Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus argenteus Pursh trib. Genisteae |
Synonyms | Lupinus calcicola C.P.Sm. |
Lupinus corymbosus A.Heller | |
Lupinus hendersonii Eastw. | |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | leaves mainly on stem, leaflets 6-9, narrowly lanceolate, 2-3cm long, adaxially glabrous, raceme 10-15cm long, flowers subverticillate, 5-12mm long, pod 15-25mm, hirsute |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (North Dakota , Nebraska , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast , Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | FABACEAE
argenteus fulvomaculatus (Payson) Barneby, Great Basin Naturalist 46: 257 (1986)
argenteus laxiflorus (Douglas ex Lindl.) Dorn, Vasc. Pl. Wyoming 297 (1988)
argenteus moabensis S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 46: 262 (1986)
argenteus myrianthus (Greene) Isely, Native Natural. Legum. U.S. 687 (1998)
argenteus palmeri (S.Watson) Barneby, Great Basin Naturalist 46: 257 (1986)
rgenteus parviflorus (Nutt. ex Hook. & Arn.) C.L.Hitchc., Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 3: 302 (1961)
argenteus rubricaulis (Greene) S.L.Welsh, Great Basin Naturalist 38: 326 (1978)
argenteus spathulatus (Rydb.) L.W.Hess & D.B.Dunn, Rhodora 72: 111 (1970)
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