Lupinus flavoculatus

Lupinus flavoculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Lupinus
Species: L. flavoculatus
Binomial name
Lupinus flavoculatus
A.Heller

Lupinus flavoculatus is a species of lupine known by the common name yelloweyes, or yellow-eyed lupine. ,[1]

Distribution

It is endemic to California and Nevada, in mountains and plateaus of the [[Mojave Desert, and in the Inyo Mountains and White Mountains. The plant grows in the creosote bush scrub and pinyon-juniper woodland habitats. It can be found in Death Valley National Park. [2]

Description

Lupinus flavoculatus is a small, hairy annual herb growing up to about 20 centimetres (7.9 in) tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 7 to 9 leaflets 1 or 2 centimeters long.

The inflorescence is a small, dense spiral of flowers each roughly a centimeter long. The flower is bright to deep blue with a yellowish spot on its banner.

The fruit is a somewhat oval-shaped hairy legume pod no more than a centimeter long. It contains one or two wrinkled seeds.

References

  1. ↑ "Lupinus flavoculatus". USDA. Plants Profile. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  2. ↑ Tim Johnson (1999). "CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference". CRC Press: 495. ISBN 0-8493-1187-X.
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