Edwards Botanical Register, or Ornamental Flower-Garden and Shrubbery, Vol. 30 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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A gay little plant, forming one more addition to the large genus Lupinus. The flowers are rich bright lilac, enlivened by a yellow spot on the white centre of the vexillum. In number the leaflets vary from 5 to 9. The seeds, by which Lupines may be distinguished more accurately than by the ordinary marks employed by Botanists, are oblong, smooth, and mottled with grey of different tints. Fig. 3, represents one of them; 2, is a ripe pod; and 1, is the ovary and style.

It is a half hardy biennial, growing from one to two feet high, and flowering a great part of the summer and autumn. Like other Lupines it requires a strong rich soil, and although a half shrubby biennial, is best treated as an annual.

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