Thermopsis montana
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| Species: | T. montana
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Thermopsis montana, the false lupin,[1] mountain goldenbanner,[2] golden pea,[3] mountain thermopsis, or revonpapu, is a plant species which is native of the western United States. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[4]
Cultivation
It is used as a medicinal plant,[5] and as an ornamental plant in gardens. However, it is suspect of being poisonous.[3]
References
- ^ "BSBI List 2007". Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-01-25. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Thermopsis montana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
- ^ a b Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 558. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
- ^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
- ^ Thermopsis montana in the Native American Ethnobotany database.
Other sources
- Pink, A. (2004). Gardening for the Million. Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation.
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