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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 ...
Lupinus prunophilus, commonly known as the hairy bigleaf lupine or chokecherry lupin, is a medium-sized herbaceous plant that grows in the Great Basin and other parts of the U.S. interior between the Sierra-Nevada and the Rockies. It is a close relative and very similar to Lupinus polyphyllus and is considered a subspecies by some botanists.
Lupinus caespitosus; Lupinus lepidus; Lupinus lyallii, dwarf mountain lupine; Lupinus nanus; Lupinus pusillus; Several other species of lupines which are cultivated as ornamentals have low growing dwarf cultivars. Ornamental species with dwarf cultivars include: Lupinus hartwegii; Lupinus polyphyllus
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.
Lupinus perennis is commonly mistaken for the Western species Lupinus polyphyllus (large-leaved lupine), which is commonly planted along roadsides. [5] [6] L. polyphyllus is not native to eastern North America, but has naturalized in areas in the upper Midwest and New England.
The following species in the flowering plant genus Lupinus, the lupins or lupines, are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [1] Although the genus originated in the Old World, about 500 of these species are native to the New World, probably due to multiple adaptive radiation events.
Lupinus lepidus is a small hairy perennial that reaches 10 to 61 centimetres (4 to 24 inches). [3] Palmately compound leaves extend up the stem, but most are basal . [ 3 ] The inflorescence is a dense spike-like raceme , with pink, purple, or blue flowers that often have a yellowish spot. [ 3 ]
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