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Lupinus perennis L.
sundial lupine

   
Symbol: LUPE3
Group: Dicot
Family: Fabaceae
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb
Native Status:  
  
  



Photograph of Lupinus perennis L.
©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ.
 
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Distribution by State:
Lupinus perennis L.

Distributional Map for Lupinus perennis L.
Distribution Map Legend

Lupinus perennis L. distribution:
USA (AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (NF, ON)

County distributions for the following U.S. states are available at PLANTS:
AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV

 

Related Taxa:
Lupinus perennis L.

236 genera in Fabaceae, 165 species in Lupinus
Distribution of Lupinus perennis L. ssp. gracilis (Nutt.) D. Dunn. .
Lupinus perennis ssp. gracilis
sundial lupine
Distribution of Lupinus perennis L. ssp. perennis. .
Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis
sundial lupine
Related Taxa Legend
 

Classification:
Lupinus perennis L.

     
Kingdom   Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom   Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision   Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division   Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class   Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass   Rosidae
Order   Fabales
Family   Fabaceae – Pea family
Genus   Lupinus L. – lupine
Species   Lupinus perennis L. – sundial lupine
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Lupinus perennis L.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists.

Iowa:
wild lupine Threatened
Maine:
wild lupine Possibly Extirpated
Maryland:
wild lupine Threatened
New Hampshire:
wild lupine Threatened
Pennsylvania:
wild blue lupine Rare
Rhode Island:
wild lupine Special Concern
Vermont:
wild lupine Endangered
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Lupinus perennis L.

sundial lupine

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above.

SWSS Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.
 

Introduced Information:
Lupinus perennis L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts.

 

 

 
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