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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]]
| 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]]
