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Sierra Lupine

Lupinus grayi

1,081 observations in the source records

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) stevensanford, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

24 photos

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What the records say

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 California.January 61, February 53, March 55, April 68, May 103, June 169, July 42, August 43, September 54, October 55, November 71, December 55.
United States944
California673
Nevada271

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

Sources

Remember the name next time.

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