Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (4/24/22):
Lupinus perennis var. perennis
FAMILY
Fabaceae
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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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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).
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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.
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Keith Bradley kab_l_perennis_peren_1280
June Haywood County NC
Blue Ridge Parkway
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
Native to the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - NC SC
Uncommon in Coastal Plain of NC-SC, rare elsewhere of Carolinas
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, other dry (and usually sandy and nutrient-poor) habitats, per Weakley's Flora
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p279
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p066
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p414
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p153
- Wildflowers of the Eastern United States p032
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition p125
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p088
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p117