Biology:Lupinus covillei
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lupinus |
| Species: | L. covillei
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| Lupinus covillei Greene
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Lupinus covillei is a species of lupine known by the common name shaggy lupine.
Description
Lupinus covillei is an erect perennial herb growing up to 90 centimetres (35 in) tall. The shaggy-haired palmate leaves are made up of several leaflets each up to 10 centimetres (3.9 in) long. The herbage is coated in long, shaggy hairs. The inflorescence is a raceme of many flowers, sometimes arranged in whorls. Each flower is about a centimeter long and blue in color with a yellowish spot on the banner. The fruit is a woolly legume pod up to 4 centimetres (1.6 in) long.
Distribution
Lupinus covillei is endemic to the Sierra Nevada of California , where it grows in moist habitat such as wet depressions in meadows. In the same state it is also abundant in Sequoia, Yosemite and Kings Canyon National Parks.[1]
References
- ↑ Tom Johnson (1999). CRC Ethnobotany Desk Reference. CRC Press. p. 495. ISBN 0-8493-1187-X. https://books.google.com/books?id=vxAaBv8fW00C&dq=Lupinus+covillei&pg=PA495.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q10950872 entry
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