Lupinus citrinus — a medium houseplant
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Lupinus citrinus

Lupinus Citrinus

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Lupinus citrinus is a species of lupine known by the common names orange lupine, orangeflower lupine, and fragrant lupine. It is endemic to California, where it is known from a section of the Sierra Nevada foothills extending from Mariposa to Fresno Counties. This is an annual herb growing 10–60 centimetres (3.9–23.6 in) tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets up to 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) long. The herbage is coated in tiny white hairs. The inflorescence bears several flowers, sometimes in whorls. Each flower is roughly a centimeter long and orange to yellow to white in color. The fruit is a legume pod 1 or 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long containing seeds which resemble "pieces of granite."

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Lupinus
Family
Fabaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en Orangeflower lupine en Orange lupine
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