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King's Lupine, Lupinus kingii

King's Lupine, Lupinus kingii. Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Near Black Canyon Lake, Arizona 7,067 Feet, In The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Between The Towns Of Payson And Heber-Overgaard, Arizona.
King's Lupine, Lupinus kingii. Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Near Black Canyon Lake, Arizona 7,067 Feet, In The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Between The Towns Of Payson And Heber-Overgaard, Arizona.
King's Lupine, Lupinus kingii. Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Near Black Canyon Lake, Arizona 7,067 Feet, In The Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest Between The Towns Of Payson And Heber-Overgaard, Arizona.

King's Lupine Lupinus kingii, Legume or Pea Family: (Leguminosae), ( Fabaceae ), King's Lupine. Also called: Lupinus capitatus, Lupinus sileri. Lupinus kingii is an annual growing from three to twelve inches tall, with long and fine dense hairs. Its leaves are alternate, and divided into 5 (sometimes 6 to 9) leaflets which arise from a common point at the end of the short (1/2 to 1 1/2) inches long), hairy leaf stalks. Lupinus kingii was first collected in Heber Utah in about 1870 by Sereno Watson who named it in 1873. Kings lupine contains poisonous alkaloids, but is not known to be the cause of livestock poisoning. Height: 3 to 12 inches. Flowers: Blue or violet, with whitish centers. Pea-like flowers about l/3 to 1/2 inch long in very elongated clusters. Produced 20–50 or more on a tall spike. Flowers can be sessile, or on short peduncles. Fruit: Pods are hairy and eventually develop a fine, pointed tip. Blooming Time: May to September, mostly during June to August. Leaves: Green, hairy, and palmately compound with 6–10 leaflets, each leaflet 1/2 to 1 3/4 inches long and 1/4 to 1/2 inches broad, on a 1/2 to 3 inch long petiole. Found: Northern Arizona, from Apache to Coconino and Yavapai counties, rare southward into Graham, Cochise, and Pima counties. Elevation: 5,500 to 8,000 Feet. Habitat: Rocky clay or disturbed soil along highways, fields, vacant lots, and other waste areas, such as eroded or overgrazed meadows. Yellow pine, and sometimes in pinyon-juniper ranges. Miscellaneous: Photos Taken July 29, 2009. Near Black Canyon Lake, Arizona, at 7,067 feet, in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest between the towns of Payson and Heber-Overgaard.