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Lupinus micranthus
Hairy Lupin
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Photographer: Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
ID: 0000 0000 1223 0956 (2023-12-28)Copyright © 2023 Dr. Amadej Trnkoczy
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date of photo May 1, 2023
latitude 44.56946 longitude 14.39081
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location
Adriatic Sea region, island Lošinj, west of hangars of the airport Lošinj, Kvarner archipelago (Rijeka region, Croatia)family
Fabaceae
notes Slo.: no name - syn.: Lupinus hirsutus (nom. ambig.), 'Lupinus varius' auct., Lupinus gussoneanus J.Agardh, Lupinus hirsutus subsp. micranthus (Boiss.) Arcang, Lupinus stolonifer L. - Habitat: Adriatic Sea shore, garrigue, calcareous, skeletal ground; flat terrain, open, sunny place, almost flat terrain; average precipitations ~ 1.000 mm/year, average temperature 13-14 deg C, Sub-Mediterranean phytogeographical region. - Substratum: soil. - Comments (pertain to Flickr album Lupinus micranthus): Lupinus-micranthus is a beautiful, Mediterranean plant (Ref.2), which hasn't been found yet in Slovenia in spite of a short Adriatic Sea shore the country has. Slovenian plant check list (Ref.1) lists only two species of this genus, both being only escapes from gardens. Namely, plants of Lupinus genus are broadly used in horticulture. Countless forms and colors have been cultivated by gardeners. Some of species are also planted and used for food, yet Lupinus micranthus is poisonous. It is not a common plant in the wild. In Croatia it grows almost exclusively on Adriatic islands (Ref. 3) with an exception of the most south tip of the Istria peninsula. - In the genus there are more than 200 species described. They grow in both Earth hemispheres with the main centers of diversity in North and South America. In Sierra Nevada in the Paradise Valley, Kings' Canyon National Park I've seen the most beautiful display of these plants. Thousands of blue-violet Sierra Lupine (Lupinus grayi) in dense stands covered the ground as far as the eye could reach. - Ref.: (1) A. Martinči et all., Mala Flora Slovenije (Flora of Slovenia - Key) (in Slovenian), Tehnična Založba Slovenije (2007), p xx. (2) T. Nikolić, Flora Croatica, Vaskularna flora Republike Hrvatske, Vol. 2., Alfa d.d.. Zagreb (2020) p 796, (3) Flora Croatica Database (FCD), Department of Botany, Faculty of science, FER-ZPR, University of Zagreb (2004); http://hirc.botanic.hr/fcd (accessed 27.012. 2023) (4) W.K. Rottensteiner, Exkursionsflora für Istrien, Verlag des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins Kärten (2014), p 465.camera Nikon D700 /Nikkor Micro 105mm/f2.8
contributor's ID # Bot_1521/ 2023_DSC0123 photo category: Plant - annual/perennial
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