Lupinus citrinus
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Lupinus citrinus is a species of lupin
e 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 to 60 centimeters tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets up to 3.5 centimeters 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 centimeters long containing seeds which resemble "pieces of granite
."
Lupin
Lupinus, commonly known as Lupins or lupines , is a genus in the legume family . The genus comprises about 280 species , with major centers of diversity in South and western North America , and the Andes and secondary centers in the Mediterranean region and Africa Lupinus, commonly known as Lupins...
e known by the common names orange lupine, orangeflower lupine, and fragrant lupine. It is endemic to California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, where it is known from a section of the Sierra Nevada foothills extending from Mariposa
Mariposa County, California
Mariposa County is a county in the U.S. state of California, located in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains. It lies north of Fresno, east of Merced, and southeast of Stockton. As of the 2010 census, the population was 18,251 up from 17,130 at the 2000 census...
to Fresno Counties
Fresno County, California
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...
. This is an annual herb growing 10 to 60 centimeters tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 9 leaflets up to 3.5 centimeters long. The herbage is coated in tiny white hairs. The inflorescence
Inflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Strictly, it is the part of the shoot of seed plants where flowers are formed and which is accordingly modified...
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 centimeters long containing seeds which resemble "pieces of granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
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