Inflorescence; Bure, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer
Flower; Bure, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer
Plant with ripening pods; Bure, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer
Upper and lower surface of leaf; Bure, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Bure, Amhara Region, Ethiopia; 3/2014 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 2201 Date of entry: 24.03.2014 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: White lupin
German: Weiße Lupine
Portuguese: Tremoceiro-branco
Kingdom: Plantae (2595)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2492)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2107)
Order: Fabales (237)
Family: Fabaceae (237)(family description)
Genus: Lupinus (3)
Epithet: albus L. (7)
Synonym: Lupinus termis Forssk.
albus => dead white, without lustre
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: blue, white
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