Lupinus micranthus, Lupinus hirsutus,
Small-flowered Lupine, Hairy Lupin, Bitter Blue Lupin,
Hebrew: תורמוס שעיר, Arabic: الترمس دقيق الأسدية

Scientific name:		Lupinus micranthus Guss.
Synonym name:		Lupinus hirsutus L.
English name:		Small-flowered Lupine, Hairy Lupin, Bitter Blue Lupin
Hebrew name:		תורמוס שעיר
العربية, Arabic name:		الترمس دقيق الأسدية
Family:		Papilionaceae, פרפרניים

Life form:		Annual
Stems:		20-50cm
Leaves:		Digitate, leaflets obovate, mucronate (ending abruptly in a small sharp point as a continuation of the midrib), sparsely hirsute
Inflorescence:		Terminal racemes up to 12cm
Flowers:		Hermaphrodite, calyx lobes unequal in length; petals blue, banner often white-centered
Fruits / pods:		Legume, hirsute, red-brown
Flowering Period:		March, April
Habitat:		Batha, Phrygana
Distribution:		Mediterranean Woodlands and Shrublands, Montane vegetation of Mt.Hermon
Chorotype:		Mediterranean
Summer shedding:		Ephemeral

Derivation of the botanical name: Lupinus, Latin lupus, "wolf," alluding to the belief that these plants destroyed the fertility of the soil, which is the oppposite of the truth; the seeds are eaten in eastern Mediterranean countries. micranthus, small thorns. hirsutus, hairy. The Hebrew name: תורמוס, turmos, from Greek: thermos (= Lupinus albus), which is probably identical with thermos (= warm, hot), which is related to therme (=heat). The standard author abbreviation Guss. is used to indicate Giovanni Gussone (1787 – 1866), an Italian academic and botanist. The standard author abbreviation L. is used to indicate Carl Linnaeus (1707 – 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, the father of modern taxonomy.