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Lupinus polyphyllus, the large-leaved lupine, big-leaved lupine, many-leaved lupine, [2] blue-pod lupine, [3] or, primarily in cultivation, garden lupin, is a species of lupine (lupin) native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia [4] and western Wyoming, and south to Utah and California. It commonly grows along ...
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3–1.5 metres (1–5 feet) tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m (10 ft) tall. An exception is the chamis de monte (Lupinus jaimehintonianus) of Oaxaca in Mexico, which is a tree up to 8 m (26 ft) tall.
The basal leaves are much more numerous with the 7–30 centimeter long leaf stems [3] spreading in every direction to from a rounded tuft of leaves. [2] Each leaf is made up of 8–13 small leaflets, [ 3 ] each leaflet is 4–8 centimeters long and rarely less than 10 millimeters wide. [ 4 ]
One rare subtaxon, Lupinus latifolius var. barbatus, is endemic to the Modoc Plateau of northeastern California and adjacent territory in Oregon and Nevada. The subtaxon dudleyi is known only from the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a larval host to Boisduval's blue, clouded sulphur, orange sulphur, Persius duskywing, and silvery blue butterflies ...
Lupinus truncatus is a species of lupine known by the common name collared annual lupine. It is native to the coastal mountain ranges and canyons of Baja California and California as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area. It grows in slope habitat such as chaparral and woodland, including areas that have recently burned.
This is a perennial herb growing erect 20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 in) tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 7 to 13 hairy leaflets 1 to 4 centimeters (0.39 to 1.57 in) long. Stiff long hairs are found on the undersides and edges of the leaves, with no hair on top. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of many flowers sometimes arranged in ...
The genus Lupinus L. and, in particular, its North-American species, were divided by Sereno Watson (1873) into three parts: Lupinus, Platycarpos and Lupinnelus.Differences in habit and in the number of ovules were accepted as the basis for this classification.
Lupinus angustiflorus is a species of lupine known by the common name narrowflower lupine. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the volcanic soils of the northeastern mountains and Modoc Plateau. It is an erect perennial herb sometimes exceeding one meter in height. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets each up to 6 ...