Lupinus perennis
species of plant
Lupinus perennis (also wild perennial lupine, wild lupine, sundial lupine, blue lupine, Indian beet, or old maid's bonnets) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae.
Description
The leaves are palmately compound with 7–11 leaflets arranged radially. Their stalks are numerous, erect, striated, and slightly pubescent. The leaflets are obovate, with a blunted apex or pointed spear, and sparsely pubescent. Petioles are longer than leaflets; stipules are very small.
The inflorescence is a terminal raceme that may be loosely spaced or weakly whorled. Flower color ranges from white and pink to blue and violet, with blue shades most commonly observed. The calyx is silky and lacks bractlets; its upper lip may be slightly notched while the lower lip is entire and nearly twice as long. The corolla is approximately three times longer than the calyx, and floral bracts are present early but fall off as the flowers mature
Following pollination, the plant produces a legume pod that is yellow-gray to brown, lightly hairy, and constricted between seeds, giving it a bead-like appearance. Pods typically contain five to six seeds, each oval in shape with a pale hilum
The inflorescence is long, sparsely flowered, sometimes almost verticillate.
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