Species Detail Forb

Flowers Hart Prairie		Yavapai County Native & Naturalized Plants Lupinus argenteus - silvery lupine Other Common Names: silverstem lupine Plant Form: Forb or Subshrub Family: Fabaceae
Flowers Hart Prairie


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Forb Plant Description

Origin: Native Life Cycle: Perennial
General Desc: Erect flower clusters of pea-like flowers top stems of alternate, palmately compound leaves.
Identification notes: Erect perennial covered in short appressed hairs. Leaves palmately compound, 5 to 10 silvery green leaflets. Pea-like blue, white or purplish flowers arranged in showy spike-like clusters up to 8 inches long, banner petals with scattered or no hairs.
Height: To 2 feet

Habitat

Habitat Description: Found in montane and open coniferous forests.
Plant Communities: Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 7000 - 10000 feet

Flower Characteristics

Color: White to blue or purple Shape: Irregular in elongated clusters Tubular: Y Flowering Period: Jun - Oct
Description: The upper petal sometimes has a yellow to white spot and usually long, soft-silky hairs in the center of the back of the petal, upper keel margins hairy, lower keel margins not hairy; flowers to 1/2 inch long, borne in long terminal clusters.

Leaf and Stem Characteristics

Leaf Color: Green Leaf Type: Compound Leaf Shape: Palmate Leaf Margin: Smooth Leaf Attachment: Alternate Leaves Clasp: N
Hairs: Leaves and stems Spines: N
Leaf Description: Green above with short hairs, lighter green with more hairs beneath; to 3 inches wide and long; palmately divided, with 5 to 10 leaflets.

Fruit and Seed Characteristics

Fruit Color: Light brown
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: Pod is up to 1 inch long, flattened and very hairy; usually constricted between the seeds.
Seed Notes: 2 to 6 light brown seeds are produced in the pod.


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