Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus pulvinaris Ulbr. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 541 (1906) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 4000-4600m |
Description | leaves appressed hirsute, palmatipartite, leaflets 5-7, oblong-ovate, flat, 1-2mm long, inflorescence dense head, with 2-8, sessile, 8mm long flowers |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |