Family | FABACEAE |
Genus species | Lupinus pickeringii A.Gray trib. Genisteae |
Bibliography | U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 392 (1854) |
Native Range | Peru |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | sericeous, thin petiole with long, basal stipule, leaf segments 5-7, oblanceolate, inflorescence many flowered head, corolla subsessile |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | |
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 basal cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (PER Peru) |