| Lupinus tracyi | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Lupinus |
| Species: | L. tracyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Lupinus tracyi | |
Lupinus tracyi is a species oflupine known by the common nameTracy's lupine. It isendemic to theKlamath Mountains of southernOregon and northernCalifornia, where it grows inconiferous forests. It is a perennial herb growing 20 to 70 centimeters tall and is mostly hairless in texture, with a thin, waxy stem. Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 or 7 leaflets measuring 1 to 4 centimeters in length. Theinflorescence is araceme of many flowers, sometimes arranged in whorls. The flower is around a centimeter long and is pale blue to whitish in color. The fruit is a hairylegume pod roughly 2 centimeters long which darkens as it dries.