Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus saxatilis Ulbr. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 548 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2500-4200m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, leaflets 5-7, oblanceolate, acute, conduplicate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sericeous, to 3cm long, raceme 3-7cm, whorls 2-6, flowers ca. 8mm |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |