Lupinus microcarpus
| Lupinus microcarpus | |
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| Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Lupinus |
| Species: | L. microcarpus |
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| Lupinus microcarpus Sims |
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Lupinus microcarpus (Wide-bannered lupine or Chick lupine), is a species of lupine native to western North America: from southwestern British Columbia; south through Oregon and California, including the Mojave Desert; and into Baja California. There is also a disjunct population in South America, with locations in central Chile and western Argentina.
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[edit] Description
Lupinus microcarpus is an annual plant growing to 80-centimetre (31 in) tall. The leaves are palmately compound with 5-11 leaflets 1-centimetre (0.39 in)-5-centimetre (2.0 in) long and up to 1-centimetre (0.39 in) broad.
The flowers are generally pink to purple in color, but can also be between white and yellow; they are produced in open whorls on an erect spike.
Lupinus microcarpus grows from sea level in the north of its range, up to 1,600-metre (5,200 ft) high in Southern California.
[edit] Varieties
There are three named botanical varieties:
- Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus - Dense-flowered lupine. Endemic and restricted to western California.[1]
- Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis. Endemic and restricted to southeastern California deserts.[2]
- Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus. Widespread, British Columbia to Chile.[3]
[edit] Phytoremediation waste management
Chilean scientists (Universidad de Santiago de Chile) studying phytoremediation waste management in Antofagasta city, discovered that plants are capable of absorbing arsenic from the soil.
[edit] References
- ^ Jepson Manual treatment for LUPINUS microcarpus var. densiflorus . accessed 10.21.2011
- ^ Jepson Manual treatment for LUPINUS microcarpus var. horizontalis . accessed 10.21.2011
- ^ Jepson Manual treatment for LUPINUS microcarpus var. microcarpus . accessed 10.21.2011
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Lupinus microcarpus
- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 137
- Chilean Scientists use the plant for wastes' Phytoremediation clean-up management of soils.
[edit] External links
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- Lupinus
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of Oregon
- Endemic flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Argentina
- Flora of Chile
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada region (U.S.)
- Flora of California chaparral and woodlands
- Garden plants of North America
- Garden plants of South America
- Phytoremediation plants
