Lupinus spectabilis is a hairy annual herb growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of usually 9 leaflets measuring 1 to 4 centimeters in length. The inflorescence bears whorls of flowers each just over a centimeter in length. The flower is usually blue with a white patch on its banner, but all-white flowers have been noted. The fruit is a very hairy legume pod up to 5 centimeters long.
lupinus, spectabilis, species, lupine, known, common, name, shaggyhair, lupine, endemic, section, central, sierra, nevada, foothills, mariposa, tuolumne, counties, where, member, serpentine, soils, flora, conservation, status, imperiled, natureserve, scientifi. Lupinus spectabilis is a species of lupine known by the common name shaggyhair lupine It is endemic to a section of the central Sierra Nevada foothills in Mariposa and Tuolumne Counties where it is a member of the serpentine soils flora Lupinus spectabilis Conservation status Imperiled NatureServe 1 Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Rosids Order Fabales Family Fabaceae Subfamily Faboideae Genus Lupinus Species L spectabilis Binomial name Lupinus spectabilisHooverDescription editLupinus spectabilis is a hairy annual herb growing 20 to 60 centimeters tall Each palmate leaf is made up of usually 9 leaflets measuring 1 to 4 centimeters in length The inflorescence bears whorls of flowers each just over a centimeter in length The flower is usually blue with a white patch on its banner but all white flowers have been noted The fruit is a very hairy legume pod up to 5 centimeters long References edit NatureServe Explorer 2 0 External links editJepson Manual Treatment Lupinus spectabilis Lupinus spectabilis Photo gallery This Lupinus related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lupinus spectabilis amp oldid 1090144713, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
