OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lupinus perennis var. perennis   FAMILY Fabaceae   Go to FSUS key



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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. occidentalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. perennis

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

Will Stuart    wil_lupinus_perennis_1286

April    Gates County    NC

Chowan Swamp Game Land

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).

image of Lupinus perennis var. perennis, Northern Sundial Lupine

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).

image of Lupinus perennis var. perennis, Northern Sundial Lupine

Keith Bradley    kab_l_perennis_peren_1280

June    Haywood County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Lupinus perennis var. perennis   FAMILY Fabaceae

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

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. occidentalis

INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. perennis

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

 

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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 in Piedmont)

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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

 

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