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.

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(c) Joshua Mayer, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/wackybadger/4617994532/
(c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/photox/wild_lupine1.jpg
(c) plantman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
(c) National Museum of Natural History Collections, some rights reserved (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>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=lupe3_001_avd.tif
(c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupinus_perennis
(c) John Hilty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29442254

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