Species Detail Forb

Flowers Coconino NF near Happy Jack - John Kava		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Lupinus hillii - Hill's lupine Other Common Names: Hill's lupine Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Fabaceae
Flowers Coconino NF near Happy Jack - John Kava


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: A leafy stemmed lupine with conspicuously whorled flowers along the flower stalks.
Identification notes: Perennial; leafy stemmed; leaves basal and alternate, palmately compound with 5 to 9 leaflets. Flowers to 1/4 inch long, pea-like, bluish-purple, banner petal silky with appressed hairs on center back, borne on short stalks in whorled clusters.
Height: 8 inches

Habitat

Habitat Description: Ponderosa pine forests.
Plant Communities: Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 6000 - 9000 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: Blue to purple Shape: Irregular in elongated clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: May - Sep
Description: Pea-like, to 1/4 inch long. Flowers are bluish purple while the banner has a reddish-purple patch in the center. Flowers are supported by prominent green bracts, whose tips tend to curve outwards while the flowers are still in bud.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Grayish-green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Palmate Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Leaves are to 2-1/2 inches wide and have 5 to 9 leaflets. They are most hairy along the edges, at the tip and on the undersurfaces.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Green turning to brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Seed Notes: Seeds are rounded, pea-like.


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