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Lady Lupine

Lupinus villosus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Georgia.January 23, February 26, March 24, April 35, May 28, June 17, July 14, August 14, September 18, October 21, November 16, December 20.
United States1,562
Georgia255
Mississippi162
Alabama150
Louisiana124
South Carolina99
North Carolina18
Kansas4
Illinois1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

  • Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Nitrogen fixingDescends from a plant lineage commonly associated with nitrogen-fixing symbioses.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderLegumes, Milkworts, and Allies · Fabales
FamilyLegumes · Fabaceae
Genuslupines · Lupinus

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Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Lady Lupine with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.