Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus sufferrugineus Rusby trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 6: 510 (1910) |
Native Range | w. Bolivia to Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4500m |
Description | stems densely tomentose, petioles 2-10cm, leaflets 6-8, oblanceolate, obtuse, sometimes flat, to 3cm long, densely sericeous-hirsute, raceme 8-10mm, flowers 1cm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | 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 (BOL Bolivia, PER Peru) |