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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.
Lupinus, commonly known as lupin, lupine, [note 1] or regionally bluebonnet, is a genus of plants in the legume family Fabaceae. The genus includes over 199 species , with centres of diversity in North and South America . [ 1 ]
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.
Blue lupine is a common name for several plants and may refer to: Lupinus angustifolius, a European species with edible seeds; Lupinus perennis, native to eastern North America; Lupinus pilosus, endemic to the eastern Mediterranean Basin
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 texensis, Texas bluebonnet or Texas lupine; On March 7, 1901, Lupinus subcarnosus became the only species of bluebonnet recognized as the state flower of Texas; [2] however, Lupinus texensis emerged as the favorite of most Texans. So, in 1971, the Texas Legislature made any similar species of Lupinus that could be found in Texas the ...
By 2005 Lupinus prunophilus was either accepted as a subspecies of Lupinus polyphyllus following the classification by Phillips rather than as a subspeices of any of the other Lupinus or classified as a separate species. Though molecular data on a related taxa, Lupinus wyethii, suggest that all of them are part of L. polyphyllus. [6]
Karner blue butterflies have two broods per year, following wild lupine (Lupinus perennis) phenology quite closely. [13] [25] Eggs laid by Karner blue butterflies in late summer overwinter and hatch in mid- to late April. Development from egg through four larval instars and pupation takes from 25 to 60 days. The average lifespan of adult Karner ...