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Spider Lupine

Lupinus benthamii

Spider Lupine is a beautiful plant with bright blue flowers that look like little spiders! It grows in sunny places and is loved by bees and butterflies.

Lebensraum: Grasslands

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The Spider Lupine has tall, slender stems topped with dense spikes of vibrant violet-blue, pea-like flowers. Its distinctive leaves are palmately divided into 7-11 narrow, hairy leaflets, radiating like spokes from a central point.

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Spider Lupine

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Its common name "Lupine" means "wolf-like," but this plant actually helps enrich the soil!

Its leaves can fold up at night, performing a "sleeping" trick until the sun rises again!

Some ancient peoples learned to prepare its seeds, turning them into a food source!

The beautiful flowers are like special landing strips, guiding buzzing bees right to their nectar.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Nitrogen Ninja

Spider Lupine has tiny helpers in its roots that can "fix" nitrogen from the air, enriching the soil for other plants.

Fähigkeit

Bitter Bite

Spider Lupine can produce special bitter chemicals called alkaloids, which make it taste bad to hungry animals, protecting itself.

Fähigkeit

Seed Sprinter

When its seed pods dry, they can explosively twist open, flinging seeds several feet away to find new homes.

Maße und Details

Höhe
20-60 cm
Ausbreitung
15-30 cm
Blütengröße
1-1.5 cm
Blütezeit
Spring-early summer
Essbar
Nein
Giftigkeit
Mäßig
Lebenszyklus
Einjährig
Bestäubungsmethode
Insekten

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Yellow-faced Bumblebee

Bombus vosnesenskii

Sips nectar, carrying pollen to other flowers.

symbiotic with

Nitrogen-fixing bacteria

Rhizobium leguminosarum

Lives in roots, helping create soil nutrients.

depends on

Lupine Blue butterfly

Plebejus lupini

Its caterpillars munch on the leaves to grow big.

eaten by

Mule Deer

Odocoileus hemionus

May browse leaves despite their bitter taste.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always look but don't touch plants without asking an adult first.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Spider Lupine?

20-60 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Spider Lupine?

15-30 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütengröße von Spider Lupine?

1-1.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das blütezeit von Spider Lupine?

Spring-early summer

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Spider Lupine?

Nein

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Spider Lupine?

Mäßig

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Spider Lupine?

Einjährig

Was ist der/die/das bestäubungsmethode von Spider Lupine?

Insekten

Snap-Karte

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