Blue Bonnets Lupinus
by Maj Seda
Title
Blue Bonnets Lupinus
Artist
Maj Seda
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Photograph - Photograph
Description
It is another young Lupine flower on show at Hampton Court Flower Show.
Lupinus, commonly known as lupin or lupine (North America), is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. The genus includes over 200 species, with centers of diversity in North and South America. Smaller centers occur in North Africa and the Mediterranean.
The leaf blades are usually palmately divided into five to 28 leaflets, or reduced to a single leaflet in a few species of the southeastern United States. The flowers are produced in dense or open whorls on an erect spike, each flower 1–2 cm long. The pea-like flowers have an upper standard, or banner, two lateral wings, and two lower petals fused into a keel. The flower shape has inspired common names such as bluebonnets and quaker bonnets. The fruit is a pod containing several seeds.
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November 20th, 2013
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Comments (14)
Belinda Low
Oh Maj! Nature's playing tricks on my eyes! Can't believe the two tone colors of this beautiful flower! Thanks for sharing! f/v
Diane Macdonald
Beautiful, Maj. I love the fact that the flower is only partially opened. Are you certain it's a delphinium, though? It looks like a lupine (lupin) to me. v/f
Linda Phelps
V. Very nice capture with good detail and composition. These flowers grow wild in Texas and are the Texas state wildflower.. They are beautiful when you see them ing large quanities in the wild fields of Texas. They are know as Blue Bonnets here,