Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus juninensis C.P.Sm. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Spec. Lupinorum: 278 (1941) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2500-4000m |
Description | leaves long petiolate, leaflets 5-7, oblong-elliptic, rounded, to 4cm long, peduncles 6-10cm, raceme a little longer, floral whorls numerous, remote, flowers ca. 11mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | deep lilac |
Bloom | summer |
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) |