Wild Lupine (Plants of the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Grounds, Chicago, Illinois)

Wild Lupine

Lupinus perennis

Summary ⁶

Lupinus perennis (also Indian beet, Old maid's bonnets, Blue Lupine, and Sundial lupine) is a medicinal plant in the Fabaceae family. It is widespread in the eastern part of the USA (from Florida to Maine), Canada (south of Ontario), and on the coasts of the Arctic Ocean, where it grows on sand hills.

Comments ⁷

This is the only lupine that is native to Illinois; species in this genus are more abundant in the western United States. Wild Lupine is readily distinguished from Baptisia spp. (Wild Indigos) and other similar species in the Bean family by the abundant leaflets of its palmate leaves (7-11 per leaf). Other similar species in Illinois have either trifoliate leaves (3 leaflets per compound leaf) or pinnate compound leaves. Both the flowers and foliage of Wild Lupine are quite attractive. Another common name of this species is Sundial Lupine, because the palmate leaves orient themselves in the direction of the sun.

Fuentes y créditos

(c) Joshua Mayer, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/wackybadger/4617994532/
(c) John Hilty, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/wild_lupine1.jpg
(c) plantman, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC)
(c) National Museum of Natural History Collections, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10286963
(c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=lupe3_001_avd.tif
(c) Wikipedia, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus_perennis
(c) John Hilty, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29442254

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