Lupinus arizonicus

Taxobox | name = "Lupinus arizonicus"


image_width = 260px
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Fabales
familia = Fabaceae
subfamilia = Faboideae
genus = "Lupinus"
subgenus = [http://koti.mbnet.fi/bkurl/Classific.htm Platycarpos] (Wats.) Kurl.
species = "L. arizonicus"
binomial = "Lupinus arizonicus"
binomial_authority = (S.Watson) S.Watson

"Lupinus arizonicus" (Arizona lupine) is a flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave Desert of the United States, growing in open places and sandy washes below 1100 m altitude. It is common around Joshua Tree National Park and Death Valley National Park.

It is an annual plant growing to 10–50 cm in height. The leaves are palmately compound with 6–10 leaflets, each leaflet 1–4 cm long and 5–10 mm broad, on a 2.5–7 cm long petiole. The flowers are magenta to dark pink, 7–10 mm long, produced 20–50 or more on a tall spike.

References

* [http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?Lupinus%20arizonicus Jepson Flora Project: "Lupinus arizonicus"]
*Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 136