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Lupinus

not marked as a favorite taxon Lupinus perennis Linnaeus var. perennis. Common name: Northern Sundial Lupine. Phenology: Apr-May; Jun-Jul. Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, other dry (and usually sandy and nutrient-poor) habitats. Distribution: ME west to MN, south to n. SC, w. VA, e. WV, IN, and IL.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Lupinus perennis L. — S; = Lupinus perennis L. ssp. perennis — K4, NE, NY, SE3; < Lupinus perennis L. — C, Can, FNA11.1, G, Pa, RAB, S13, Tat, Va, W; > Lupinus perennis L. ssp. perennis var. occidentalis; > Lupinus perennis L. ssp. perennis var. perennis; > Lupinus perennis L. var. occidentalis S.Watson — F, Il, Mi, WV; > Lupinus perennis L. var. perennis — F, Mi, WV, Isely (1998). Basionym: Lupinus perennis L. 1753

Links to other floras: < Lupinus perennis - FNA11.1

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NCBG trait

Intro: Erect, clumped perennial of sandhills, sandy roadsides, sandy or gravelly fields and other dry, usually sandy, nutrient-poor habitats.

Stems: Stems several from a crown, often reddish, smooth to densely hairy.

Leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petioled, palmately divided into 5-11 oblong to lance-shaped leaflets 3/4-2 in. long, their upper surfaces smooth and lower surfaces and margins hairy.

Inforescence:

Flowers: Flowers in erect terminal racemes (4-10 in. long), blue-violet, about 1/2 in. long, with typical pea-flower shape, the "banner" petal bearing a purple-streaked, white patch.

Fruits: Fruit a densely hairy, flattened, linear-oblong pod, 1 1/4-2 in. long.

Comments: Two subspecies are recognized......?

Height: 8-30 in.

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description: Erect, clumped perennial of sandhills, sandy roadsides, sandy or gravelly fields and other dry, usually sandy, nutrient-poor habitats.

stems: Stems several from a crown, often reddish, smooth to densely hairy.

leaves: Leaves alternate, long-petioled, palmately divided into 5-11 oblong to lance-shaped leaflets 3/4-2 in. long, their upper surfaces smooth and lower surfaces and margins hairy.

inflorescence:

flowers: Flowers in erect terminal racemes (4-10 in. long), blue-violet, about 1/2 in. long, with typical pea-flower shape, the "banner" petal bearing a purple-streaked, white patch.

fruits: Fruit a densely hairy, flattened, linear-oblong pod, 1 1/4-2 in. long.

comments: Two subspecies are recognized......?

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native range: eastern United States



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