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Purple Desert Lupine

Lupinus shockleyi

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 106, February 199, March 187, April 369, May 116, June 85, July 73, August 74, September 94, October 96, November 124, December 95.
United States1,415
California1,170
Nevada241
Arizona2
New Mexico1
Kansas1

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

Remember the name next time.

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