NameThatPlant.net: Lupinus perennis var. perennis

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lupinus perennis var. perennis FAMILY Fabaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

This is one of the easiest plants in NC to identify. Read more at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. perennis FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database

Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. occidentalis

INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)

Lupinus perennis var. perennis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-12-001:

Lupinus perennis FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Lupinus perennis

COMMON NAME:
Northern Sundial Lupine

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image of Lupinus perennis var. perennis, Northern Sundial Lupine

JK Marlow jkm0505k_37

May Haywood County NC

Corneille Bryan Native Garden

Leaves palmately compound; leaflets 7-11, oblanceolate, 3-5x long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

Keith Bradley kab_dsc1278

June Haywood County NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

This close relative of the famous Texas "bluebonnets" may grow 2' high, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

Keith Bradley kab_l_perennis_peren_1280

June Haywood County NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Lupinus perennis var. perennis FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. perennis FAMILY Fabaceae

INCLUDING PLANTS National Database
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. occidentalis

INCLUDING Native & naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the US (Isely, 1998)
Lupinus perennis var. perennis

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 098-12-001:
Lupinus perennis FAMILY Fabaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Lupinus perennis

1947

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, other dry (and usually sandy and nutrient-poor) habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)

LEAVES:
Palmately compound: 7-11 leaflets
Mostly alternate
Petioles (2) 5-10 (15) cm long
Stipules are filiform.

FLOWER:
Spring
Blue (rarely white or pinkish)
Bilaterally symmetrical
2-lipped calyx
5-parted papilionaceous corolla
10 stamens, monadelphous, of 2 lengths
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer
Legume

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