Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus carazensis Ulbr. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 545 (1906) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3600-4200m |
Description | densely leafy, leaves palmatipartite, leaflets sericeous, flat, linear, acuminate, 8-12mm, spikes with whorls of 4-10 flowers, 15mm long, bracts subulate, 5mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | autumn |
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 basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |