Arizona Lupine is one of several Lupines and is not limited in distribution to Arizona. It is also found in California and parts of Nevada. In southern California, this Lupine is San Diego County's most common Lupine and it is also common around Joshua Tree National Park and Death Valley National Park in California. It is an annual plant. The pea-shaped flowers are showy pink or magenta, drying violet, blue-purple or whitish.
亞利桑那魯冰花是幾種魯冰花中的一種，並不局限於亞利桑那州。它也存在於加州和內華達州的部分地區。在加州南部，它是聖地亞哥縣最常見的魯冰花，在加州的約書亞樹國家公園和死亡谷國家公園周圍也很常見。它是一年生植物。豌豆形的花朵有艷麗的粉紅色或洋紅色、乾燥紫羅蘭色、藍紫色或白色。
Photo Date: 2019.03.08 Location: Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
Notes 筆記
- Lupinus arizonicus, the Arizona lupine, is a flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae, native to the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts of North America, where it can be found growing in open places and sandy washes below 1,100 metres (3,600 ft) elevation.
- It is an annual plant growing to 10–50 centimetres (3.9–19.7 in) in height. The pea-shaped flowers are showy pink or magenta, drying violet, blue-purple or whitish. They are 7–10 mm long, with 20–50 or more flowers in a tall hairy spike.
- Lupinus arizonicus，即亞利桑那魯冰花，是豆科的一種開花植物，原產於北美的莫哈韋沙漠和索諾蘭沙漠，可以在海拔1,100公尺(3,600英尺)以下的開闊地和沙地中看到它。
- 它是一年生植物，可長到10-50公分(3.9-19.7英寸)高。豌豆形的花朵有艷麗的粉紅色或洋紅色、乾燥紫羅蘭色、藍紫色或白色。長7-10公釐，在一個高大的多毛穗狀花序中有20-50朵或更多的花。
References 參考資料
- Wikipedia: Lupinus arizonicus
- Southwest Desert Flora: Lupinus arizonicus, Arizona Lupine
- California Native Plant Society (Calscape.org): Arizona Lupine
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