Fabaceae
Lupinus

Lupinus mexicanus Cerv. ex Lag.

First published in Gen. Sp. Pl.: 22 (1816)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico. It is an annual or perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

International Legume Database and Information Service

Conservation
Not Threatened
Morphology General Habit
Annual/Perennial, Not climbing, Herb
Vernacular
Lupina
[ILDIS]

Leguminosae, various authors. Flora Zambesiaca 3:7. 2003

Morphology General Habit
Erect annual or short-lived perennial, up to 1 m tall.
Morphology Stem
Stem villous with very long spreading hairs over a denser pubescence.
Morphology Leaves Leaflets
Leaflets 7–9, 2.5–7 × 0.5–1.5 cm, oblanceolate to narrowly oblong-elliptic, pointed or rounded at the apex, usually pilose on both surfaces; petiole 7–16 cm long; stipules 1–3 cm long, the free part linear-subulate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Racemes up to 15–50 cm long, with many ± verticillate flowers; bracts up to 20 mm long, linear-caudate to lanceolate-caudate; pedicels 3–6 mm long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Calyx (8)10–12 mm long, tomentose; upper lip bifid; lower lobe entire to minutely 3-fid.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Standard subcircular, mostly blue or pink, glabrous; wings ± as long as the keel; keel 1.2–1.4 cm long, narrowly beaked.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Pod 2.5–4 × 0.5–0.8 cm, narrowly oblong, with a straight beak, villous, with rather thin valves impressed between the 3–6 rather small seeds.
[FZ]

Uses

Use
Environmental
[ILDIS]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0