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Lupins leaves
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Copyright: Brenda Ailin Segurel (Bass)
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| Genre: Plants |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-01-04 |
| Categories: Flowers |
| Camera: Canon Sure shot - 80 tele |
| Details: (Fill) Flash: Yes |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2007-03-04 17:42 |
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| Points: 2 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [Spanish] |
This pic was taken while I was walking in the patagonian andes, in the forest. The lupins are not from there, they where introduced from Europe and Canada.
The place where this ones were, was very dark, so I use the flash, but I think I burn the leaves with the flash, what do you think?
Here is a little description about the plant:
Lupinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Luppineae
Genus: Lupinus
Lupin, often spelled lupine in North America, is the common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae. The genus comprises between 150-200 species, and has a wide distribution in the Mediterranean region - Subgen. Lupinus , and the Americas - Subgen. Platycarpos
The species are mostly herbaceous perennial plants 0.3-1.5 m tall, but some are annual plants and a few are shrubs up to 3 m tall. They have a characteristic and easily recognised leaf shape, with soft green to grey-green or silvery leaves divided into 5–17 finger-like leaflets that diverge from a central point; in many species, the leaves are hairy with silvery hairs, often densely so. The flowers are produced in dense or open whorls on an erect spike, each flower 1-2 cm long, with a typical peaflower shape with an upper 'standard', two lateral 'wings' and two lower petals fused as a 'keel'. The fruit is a pod containing several seeds.
Like most members of this family, lupins can fix nitrogen from the atmosphere into ammonia, fertilizing the soil for other plants (see legume). The genus Lupinus is nodulated by the soil microorganism Bradyrhizobium sp. (Lupinus). Some species have a long central tap root.
Lupins are popular ornamental plants in gardens. There are numerous hybrids and cultivars. Some species, such as Lupinus polyphyllus and hybrids like the Rainbow Lupin (Lupinus × regalis) are common garden flowers. Others, such as the Yellow Bush Lupin L. arboreus are considered invasive weeds when they appear outside their native range.
(taken from wikipedia) |
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- yllen
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(623) - [2007-03-08 21:13]
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Hola Brenda:
Es una compo sencilla pero muy vistosa por la forma de las hojas de los lupinos. Tambièn sus flores son muy bonitas y coloridas. Los vi en mi viaje a Bariloche y zonas aledañas hace ya unos 10 años. Tambièn visitè Villa La Angostura.
¡Precioso lugar! El pròximo domingo se corre alli el Panamericano de Mountain Bike, y participa un amigo mio y vecino de Monte: Nèstor Rizzoli. ¡El mundo es un pañuelo!. Gracias por compartir tus fotos. Continùa practicando.
Saludos.
.Nelly
