Thermopsis montana

Thermopsis montana
Conservation status
	; Apparently Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Thermopsis
Species:	T. montana
Binomial name
	Thermopsis montana; Nutt.
Varieties
	Thermopsis montana var. montana ; Thermopsis montana var. ovata (B.L.Rob. ex Piper) H.St.John ;
Synonyms
	List Thermopsis fabacea var. montana (Nutt.) A.Gray (1863) ; Thermopsis rhombifolia var. montana (Nutt.) Isely (1978) ; ;

Thermopsis montana, the false lupin,^[3] mountain goldenbanner,^[4] golden pea,^[5] mountain thermopsis,^[6] or revonpapu, is a plant species which is native to the western United States. The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.^[7]

Description

Thermopsis montana is a perennial herb.^[8] The flowers are golden-yellow, growing in dense but elongate racemes on leafy stems which can grow up to about 3 feet (0.91 m) in height. Flowers bloom May to August.^[8] The leaves grow in triplicate formations.^[9]

The plant grows densely in meadows and in moist areas of the high plains, sometimes in association with sagebrush.^[9]

Cultivation

It is used as a medicinal plant,^[10] and as an ornamental plant in gardens. It is suspected of being poisonous.^[5] It is avoided by livestock.^[11]

References

^ NatureServe (2024). "Thermopsis montana". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Thermopsis montana Nutt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
^ NRCS. "Thermopsis montana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 558. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.
^ "Plant Name". extension.usu.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
^ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
^ ^a ^b "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.
^ ^a ^b Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 108. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.
^ Thermopsis montana in the Native American Ethnobotany database.
^ Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC 1073035766.

External links

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[NatureServe-1] NatureServe (2024). "Thermopsis montana". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[POWO-2] "Thermopsis montana Nutt". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 27 August 2024.

[BSBI07-3] BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.

[4] NRCS. "Thermopsis montana". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 9 December 2015.

[Knopf-5] Whitney, Stephen (1985). Western Forests (The Audubon Society Nature Guides). New York: Knopf. p. 558. ISBN 0-394-73127-1.

[6] "Plant Name". extension.usu.edu. Archived from the original on 2023-01-31. Retrieved 2023-01-31.

[7] Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books

[:1-8] "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-01-31.

[:0-9] Taylor, Ronald J. (1994) [1992]. Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary (rev. ed.). Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Pub. Co. p. 108. ISBN 0-87842-280-3. OCLC 25708726.

[10] Thermopsis montana in the Native American Ethnobotany database.

[11] Fagan, Damian (2019). Wildflowers of Oregon: A Field Guide to Over 400 Wildflowers, Trees, and Shrubs of the Coast, Cascades, and High Desert. Guilford, CT: FalconGuides. p. 126. ISBN 978-1-4930-3633-2. OCLC 1073035766.

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