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Thermopsis montana

 
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Thermopsis montana - Ffug Fysedd-y-blaidd, False Lupin, Mountain Goldenbanner, Golden Pea
Image: Moore, Dawn - NBGW
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Common name: Ffug Fysedd-y-blaidd, False Lupin, Mountain Goldenbanner, Golden Pea
Family: Fabaceae
Synonym: Thermopsis rhombifolia var. montana
Distribution: U.S.A.
IUCN Red list: Least concern
Hardiness: (H6) Hardy-very cold winter. -20 to -15°C (USDA 6b/7a)
Life form: Herbaceous perennial • Perlysiau lluosflwydd
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: Thermopsis (ther-MOP-sis): Like a Lupin; thermos is the Greek name for lupin.
Geirdarddiad / Etymology: montana (MON-tah-nuh): Of the mountains.
Description: A suckering herbaceous perennial, up to 90cm high, with silky, silvery blue-green leaves with three oval leaflets, and spikes of yellow broom-like flowers in early summer and sometimes again in early autumn.
Links: Royal Horticultural Society

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