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− | | color = lightgreen | + | |familia=Fabaceae |
− | | name = ''Lupinus diffusus'' | + | |genus=Lupinus |
− | | image = | + | |species=diffusus |
− | | image_width = 240px | + | |common_name=Oak Ridge Lupine, Spreading Lupine, Sky-blue Lupine |
− | | image_caption = | + | |habit=herbaceous |
− | | regnum = [[Plant]]ae | + | |Min ht box=30 |
− | | divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] | + | |Min ht metric=cm |
− | | classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]] | + | |Max ht box=50 |
− | | ordo = [[Fabales]] | + | |Max ht metric=cm |
− | | familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| + | |origin=SE United States |
− | | subfamilia = [[Faboideae]] | + | |lifespan=perennial |
− | | tribus = [[Genisteae]] | + | |features=flowers |
− | | genus = ''[[Lupinus]]'' | + | |flower_season=early spring |
− | | subgenus = [http://koti.mbnet.fi/bkurl/Classific.htm Platycarpos] (Wats.) Kurl. | + | |Temp Metric=°F |
− | | species = '''''L. diffusus''''' | + | |image=Lupinus diffusus.gif |
− | | binomial = ''Lupinus diffusus'' | + | |image_width=200 |
− | | binomial_authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]] | |
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| + | '''''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]]. |
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| + | 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. |
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| + | It is grown as an [[ornamental plant]] in gardens for its flowers and silvery leaves, produced in early spring. |
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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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| + | ==Cultivation== |
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− | '''''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]].
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| + | ===Pests and diseases=== |
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| + | ==Species== |
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− | 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.
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− | ===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 |
| + | <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> |
| + | <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> |
| + | <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> |
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− | ==References and external links== | + | ==External links== |
− | *[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUDI2 USDA PLants Profile: ''Lupinus diffusus''] | + | *{{wplink}} |
− | *[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?406286 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Lupinus diffusus'']
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− | *[http://www.biologicalresearch.com/plants/plant_www.php?uniq=lupin_dif Photos of ''Lupinus diffusus'']
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