Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus austrohumifusus C.P.Sm. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Spec. Lupinorum: 367 (1944) |
Native Range | w. South America |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3900-4300m |
Description | sericeous, leaves palmatipartite, leaflets 6-8, long, cuneate-oblong, obtuse, inflorescence lax, verticillate, 2-5-flowered raceme |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late spring |
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 |
Synonyms | Lupinus humifusus Benth. |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (BOL Bolivia, CLM Colombia, ECU Ecuador, PER Peru) |