Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus lechlerianus C.P.Sm. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Spec. Lupinorum: 184 (1940) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | stems sericeous, leaves long petiolate, leaflets 5-7, flat, oblong-linear, acute, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sericeous, 1-3cm, raceme with 3-5 distinct whorls |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
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) 85 Southern South America |