Raffi at 02:25, 14 December 2009

2009-12-14T02:25:39Z

Murali.lalitha at 19:59, 13 December 2009

2009-12-13T19:59:15Z

Envoy at 12:28, 12 July 2007

2007-07-12T12:28:27Z

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lupinus diffusus''
| image =
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Genisteae]]
| genus = ''[[Lupinus]]''
| subgenus = [http://koti.mbnet.fi/bkurl/Classific.htm Platycarpos] (Wats.) Kurl.
| species = '''''L. diffusus'''''
| binomial = ''Lupinus diffusus''
| binomial_authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]
}}

'''''Lupinus diffusus''''' ('''Oak Ridge Lupine''', '''Spreading Lupine''', or '''Sky-blue Lupine''') is a species of [[lupin]]e native to the southeastern [[United States]], from [[North Carolina]] south to [[Florida]] and west to [[Mississippi]]. It is restricted to very dry, sandy soils, often in open pine or oak woodland, and is an [[endangered species]].

It is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plant growing to 30-50 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound with 3-5 leaflets 6-12 cm long and 3-5 cm broad, gray-green to silvery green, covered with fine white hairs. The [[flower]]s are pale blue or violet, produced in a dense spike 15-30 cm long.

===Cultivation===
It is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its flowers and silvery leaves, produced in early spring.

==References and external links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUDI2 USDA PLants Profile: ''Lupinus diffusus'']
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406286 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Lupinus diffusus'']
*[http://www.biologicalresearch.com/plants/plant_www.php?uniq=lupin_dif Photos of ''Lupinus diffusus'']

[[Category:Faboideae]]

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 {{SPlantbox
 |genus=Lupinus
 |species=diffusus
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+|image_width=200
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 {{Inc|
 Lupinus diffusus, Nutt. Deer Cabbage. St. decumbent and many-branched, 1-2 ft., somewhat woody at the base, densely silky: lvs. large, oval or oblong- ovate, obtuse, mucronate, on long, soft-silky petioles :fls.more or less alternate, on a very long (6-12 in.) spike, light blue, the standard with a greenish yellow center: pods oblong, flattish, N. C. to Fla.—Hardiness N. not determined.
 }}
-{{Taxobox
+==Cultivation==
-| color = lightgreen
+<!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| name = ''Lupinus diffusus''
-| image =
+===Propagation===
-| image_width = 240px
+<!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| image_caption =
-| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
+===Pests and diseases===
-| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
+<!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line -->
-| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
-| ordo = [[Fabales]]
+==Species==
-| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
+<!--  This section should be renamed Cultivars if it appears on a page for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc    -->
-'''''Lupinus diffusus''''' ('''Oak Ridge Lupine''', '''Spreading Lupine''', or '''Sky-blue Lupine''') is a species of [[lupin]]e native to the southeastern [[United States]], from [[North Carolina]] south to [[Florida]] and west to [[Mississippi]]. It is restricted to very dry, sandy soils, often in open pine or oak woodland, and is an [[endangered species]].
+==Gallery==
-It is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herbaceous]] plant growing to 30-50 cm tall. The [[leaf|leaves]] are palmately compound with 3-5 leaflets 6-12 cm long and 3-5 cm broad, gray-green to silvery green, covered with fine white hairs. The [[flower]]s are pale blue or violet, produced in a dense spike 15-30 cm long.
+<gallery>
-===Cultivation===
+==References==
-It is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its flowers and silvery leaves, produced in early spring.
+*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
-==References and external links==
+==External links==
-*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUDI2 USDA PLants Profile: ''Lupinus diffusus'']
+*{{wplink}}
-[[Category:Faboideae]]
+{{stub}}

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		+	Lupinus diffusus, Nutt. Deer Cabbage. St. decumbent and many-branched, 1-2 ft., somewhat woody at the base, densely silky: lvs. large, oval or oblong- ovate, obtuse, mucronate, on long, soft-silky petioles :fls.more or less alternate, on a very long (6-12 in.) spike, light blue, the standard with a greenish yellow center: pods oblong, flattish, N. C. to Fla.—Hardiness N. not determined.
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Lupinus diffusus - Revision history

Raffi at 02:25, 14 December 2009

Murali.lalitha at 19:59, 13 December 2009

Envoy at 12:28, 12 July 2007