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Nevada lupine

Lupinus nevadensis

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 20, February 17, March 18, April 22, May 22, June 16, July 14, August 14, September 18, October 18, November 23, December 18.
United States453
California220
Nevada176
Oregon22
Washington7
Arizona2
Utah1

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
  • 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 Nevada lupine with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.