Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus wilkesianus C.P.Sm. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Spec. Lupinorum: 156 (1940) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4000m |
Description | leaves yellow-green, adaxially glabrous, abaxially sericeous, leaflets 5-8, linear, acute, to 3cm long, raceme with 8-10 whorls, flowers ca. 1cm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
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 cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |