Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus aridulus C.P.Sm. trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | Spec. Lupinorum: 271 (1941) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4500m |
Description | petioles 3-5cm, leaflets 6-8, ca. 2cm long, oblanceolate, obtuse, adaxially green, glabrous, abaxially sericeous, peduncles 2-4cm, raceme 3-6cm, flowers 1cm in 6-8 whorls |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
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) |