Biology:Lupinus breweri

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Short description: Species of legume

Lupinus breweri
Lupinusbreweri.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lupinus
Species:
L. breweri
Binomial name
Lupinus breweri
A.Gray
Brewers lupine plant in high meadow

Lupinus breweri is a species of lupine known by the common names Brewer's lupine and matted lupine. It is native to much of California , except for the deserts, and to adjacent sections of Oregon and Nevada, where it is common in some areas, particularly mountain forests.

Description

Quite short for a lupine, this is a hairy, mat-forming perennial herb, sometimes becoming like a shrub, with a woody base. The leaves spread out from the stem. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 10 woolly leaflets each up to 2 centimeters (0.79 in) long. The inflorescence is a dense raceme of flowers a few centimeters tall, each flower 4 to 11 millimeters (0.16 to 0.43 in). The flower is blue or purple with a white or yellowish spot on the banner. The fruit is a silky-hairy legume pod 1 or 2 millimeters (0.039 or 0.079 in) long.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6704755 entry