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Thermopsis montana

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Thermopsis montana

Apparently Secure  (NatureServe)[1]
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Thermopsis
Species:
T. montana
Binomial name
Thermopsis montana
Varieties[2]
  • Thermopsis montana var. montana
  • Thermopsis montana var. ovata (B.L.Rob. ex Piper) H.St.John
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Thermopsis fabacea var. montana (Nutt.) A.Gray (1863)
    • Thermopsis rhombifolia var. montana (Nutt.) Isely (1978)

Thermopsis montana, the false lupin,[3] mountain goldenbanner,[4] golden pea,[5] mountain thermopsis,[6] or revonpapu, is a plant species which is native to the western United States. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[7]

Description

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Thermopsis montana is a perennial herb.[8] The flowers are golden-yellow, growing in dense but elongate racemes on leafy stems which can grow up to about 3 feet (0.91 m) in height. Flowers bloom May to August.[8] The leaves grow in triplicate formations.[9]

The plant grows densely in meadows and in moist areas of the high plains, sometimes in association with sagebrush.[9]

Cultivation

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It is used as a medicinal plant,[10] and as an ornamental plant in gardens. It is suspected of being poisonous.[5] It is avoided by livestock.[11]

References

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  1. ^ NatureServe (2024). "Thermopsis montana". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Thermopsis montana Nutt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  3. ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
  4. ^ NRCS. "Thermopsis montana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. ^ a b Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 558. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
  6. ^ "Plant Name". extension.usu.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  7. ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
  8. ^ a b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
  9. ^ a b Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 108. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
  10. ^ Thermopsis montana in the Native American Ethnobotany database.
  11. ^ Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC 1073035766.

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