Lupinus alpestris Nelson

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Status: Provisional
Genus: Lupinus L.
Tribe: Cytiseae
References: [1241]

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Other names:

• Lupinus adscendens Rydb. [Synonym] [1241]
  
• Lupinus laxus Rydb. [Synonym] [1241]
  
• Lupinus macounii Rydb. [Synonym] [1241]
  
• Lupinus pulcherrimus Rydb. [Synonym] [1241]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Herb
  • Shrub
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Americas)Zarucchi JL
  • 1993 Zarucchi JL
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Geographical Distribution:

• North America
  • Canada [1241]
  • United States [1241]

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Notes:

• Believed to be a hybrid, thus, correctly L.x alpestris Nelson. Barneby,1989,
  
• (ref.1847), however, disagrees & refers it to the synonymy of L.argenteus
  
• Pursh var. rubricaulis (Greene)Welsh.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 14:05:15