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===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ===Phenology=== <!--Timing off flowering, fruiting, seed dispersal, and environmental triggers. Cite PanFlora website if appropriate: http://www.gilnelson.com/PanFlora/ --> | ||
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===Seed bank and germination=== | ===Seed bank and germination=== | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 10 November 2015
| Lupinus diffusus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants |
| Class: | Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae ⁄ Leguminosae |
| Genus: | Lupinus |
| Species: | L. diffusus |
| Binomial name | |
| Lupinus diffusus Nutt. | |
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| Natural range of Lupinus diffusus from USDA NRCS Plants Database. | |
Common name: Oak Ridge lupine
Contents
Taxonomic notes
Description
Distribution
Ecology
Habitat
In the Coastal Plain in Florida, L. diffusus can occur in longleaf pine-scrub oak sand ridges, sand pine scrubs, deciduous scrub oak barrens, sand pine woods, and live oak-palmetto scrubs (FSU Herbarium). Associated species include Carya floridana, Lechea, Chamaecyparis, Quercus virginiana, Q. laevis and Q. incana (FSU Herbarium).
Phenology
Flowers January through May and fruits April through July (FSU Herbarium).
Seed dispersal
Seed bank and germination
Fire ecology
Pollination
The following Hymenoptera families and species were observed visiting flowers of Lupinus diffusus at Archbold Biological Station (Deyrup 2015):
Apidae: Bombus griseocollis
Megachilidae: Anthidiellum notatum rufomaculatum, A. perplexum, Megachile exilis parexilis
Use by animals
Diseases and parasites
Conservation and Management
Cultivation and restoration
Photo Gallery
References and notes
Deyrup, M.A. and N.D. 2015. Database of observations of Hymenoptera visitations to flowers of plants on Archbold Biological Station, Florida, USA.
