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Thermopsis caroliniana |
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Carolina Thermopsis, Carolina
Lupine |
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Southeastern United States |
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Erect, sparsely branched |
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3-5 feet tall and 3 feet wide |
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The yellow pealike flowers are borne in
dense, terminal racemes, which are 8-12 inches
long. The flowers look like a yellow lupine,
hence the common name, Carolina lupine. |
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Late spring to
early summer |
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The alternate
leaves are palmately
compound with 3 leaflets. Leaflets are ovate or
obovate, 2-3 inches long, pubescent and glaucous
on the lower leaf surface. |
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Thermopsis is derived from
thermos, a lupin and opsis, a resemblance,
referring to the similarity of the flower of
Lupinus
and Thermopsis. |
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