Biology:Lupinus sparsiflorus
| Lupinus sparsiflorus | |
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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. sparsiflorus
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| Binomial name | |
| Lupinus sparsiflorus Benth.
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Lupinus sparsiflorus (Coulter's lupine) is a species of lupin native to North America. In the United States it occurs in California , Nevada, Arizona and Utah, and in Mexico it is found in Baja California and Sonora. Other common names include Mojave lupine, a name it shares with Lupinus odoratus.
This is an annual herb growing 20 to 40 centimetres tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 7 to 11 very narrow leaflets up to 3 centimetres long and just a few millimetres wide. The inflorescence is a spiral of several flowers each around a centimetre long. The flower is blue or purple, becoming darker with age, with a white to pink patch on its banner.
The desert lupine flower is pale blue or purple. The upper petal (banner) has a yellow spot which changes to reddish after pollination. The two bottom petals (keel) are short and wide, hairy on the bottom edge and curve upward to a slender tip. When ripe, the seed pods explode, scattering their seed in the wind.
References
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| mode = cs1 | title = Lupinus sparsiflorus | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = }}
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q2712941 entry
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