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Coulter's lupine

Lupinus sparsiflorus

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 311, February 613, March 1,705, April 746, May 456, June 223, July 276, August 374, September 247, October 234, November 241, December 271.
United States7,461
Arizona4,492
California3,313
Nevada284
Mexico74
Baja California65
Utah64
Sonora8
Missouri2
Colorado1

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

Traits

Group and habits

  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
  • Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual 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

Sources

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