Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus palmeri S.Watson trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 8: 530 (1873) |
Native Range | sw. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | scabrously pubescent, stipules very small, leaves long petiolate, leaflets 6-8, oblanceolate, acute, 2-3cm, flowers in rather lax raceme, bracts subulate, corolla 12-15mm |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | deep blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | scarified seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Lupinus argenteus var. palmeri (S.Watson) Barneby Lupinus candidissimus Eastw. Lupinus clokeyanus C.P.Sm. Lupinus fontis-batchelderi C.P.Sm. Lupinus jaegeranus C.P.Sm. Lupinus junipericola C.P.Sm. Lupinus keckianus C.P.Sm. Lupinus palmeri var. clawsonianus C.P.Sm. Lupinus palmeri var. humilis C.P.Sm. Lupinus portae-westgardiae C.P.Sm. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |