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Blue Lupine

Lupinus pilosus

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 Israel.January 10, February 99, March 79, April 41, May 6, June 0, July 0, August 1, September 0, October 0, November 2, December 2.
Israel240
Greece160
Northern District95
Egean76
Crete73
Central District49
Jerusalem District44
Turkey36
Tel Aviv25
Haifa22

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Crop wild relativeListed as a crop wild relative or crop gene source by a harvested source.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • 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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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