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. It is native to the southwestern United States,[1] where it grows in the scrub and woodland of desert and plateau. This 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.

Distribution

In California the species is found at Zion and Death Valley National Parks.[2]

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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