1947

Forb
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas

Documented growing wild in - NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in sandhills, sandy roadsides, other dry (and usually sandy and nutrient-poor) habitats, per Weakley's Flora

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...Dry

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

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Fabales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

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)
Lupinus perennis