Plants Profile for Lupinus perennis (sundial lupine)

General Information
Symbol:	LUPE3
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Fabaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N SPM I
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. Russian Federation, Moscow. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

©Jim Stasz. United States, NJ. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 348. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Classification

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

Subordinate Taxa

The Plants Database includes the following 4 subspecies of Lupinus perennis . Click below on a thumbnail map or name for subspecies profiles.

Native

Introduced

Native and Introduced

Distribution of <i>Lupinus perennis</i> L. ssp. <i>gracilis</i> (Nutt.) D. Dunn

Lupinus perennis ssp. gracilis
sundial lupine

Distribution of <i>Lupinus perennis</i> L. ssp. <i>perennis </i>

Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis
sundial lupine

Distribution of <i>Lupinus perennis</i> L. ssp. <i>perennis</i> var. <i>occidentalis</i> S. Watson

Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. occidentalis
sundial lupine

Distribution of <i>Lupinus perennis</i> L. ssp. <i>perennis</i> var. <i>perennis </i>

Lupinus perennis ssp. perennis var. perennis
sundial lupine

Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
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 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. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
SWSS	Southern Weed Science Society. 1998. Weeds of the United States and Canada. CD-ROM. Southern Weed Science Society. Champaign, Illinois.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status