Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus semiprostratus C.P.Sm. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Spec. Lupinorum: 244 (1941) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Tropical Montane |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, leaflets 5-8, oblanceolate, obtuse, to 3cm, abaxially sericeous, adaxially glabrescent, scapes to 8cm long, raceme 10-15cm, whorls 6-8, corolla ca. 12mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose-purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 (PER Peru) |