Lupinus arboreus |
Lupinus stiversii |
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coastal bush lupine, tree lupine, yellow bush lupine |
harlequin annual lupine, harlequin lupine |
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Habit | Shrubs, usually 5–20 dm, green-glabrous or silver-hairy. | Herbs, annual, 1–5 dm, sparsely pubescent. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched, woody. |
ascending or erect, branched near middle. |
Leaves | cauline; stipules 8–12 mm; petiole 2–3(–6) cm; leaflets 5–12, blades 20–60 × 3–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous. |
cauline; petioles 2–8 cm; leaflets usually 7, blades bright green, 20–50 × 5–15 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent. |
Racemes | 10–30 cm; flowers whorled or not. |
dense, 5–10 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
Peduncles | 4–10 cm; bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm. |
8–18 cm; bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm. |
Pedicels | 4–10 mm. |
1.5–4 mm. |
Flowers | 14–18 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 5–9 mm; corolla usually yellow, rarely lilac to purple, banner patch darker or not or white, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate from claw to tip. |
13–18 mm; calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 4–6 mm; corolla banner yellow, wings usually pink, rarely white, keel white, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle. |
Legumes | 4–7 cm, hairy. |
2 cm, glabrous or glabrate. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 8–12, black to tan, often striped lighter, 4–5 mm. |
usually 5. |
2n | = 48. |
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Lupinus arboreus |
Lupinus stiversii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. | Flowering late spring (Apr–Jul). |
Habitat | Coastal bluffs, dunes, disturbed sand. | Clearings, open areas, chaparral, oak woodlands, yellow pine forest. |
Elevation | 0–100 m. (0–300 ft.) | 100–2200 m. (300–7200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California) [Introduced in South America (Argentina, Chile), Europe, Pacific Islands (New Zealand), Australia (including Tasmania)]
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CA
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Discussion | Lupinus arboreus is known from the central California coast southward to northern Baja California; it was introduced as a sand binder and has become naturalized in northern California, Oregon, Washington, and southern British Columbia. Lupinus arboreus grades into L. rivularis in the North Coast of California. Plants with yellow petals and sweet-smelling flowers are widely cultivated as a sand binder. Hairier plants from the western San Francisco Bay area with yellow banners and blue wings have been called var. eximius; plants with glabrous leaflets and purple petals have been called L. propinquus. Lupinus arboreus hybridizes with L. littoralis and probably other species. Seeds of L. arboreus species are toxic. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lupinus stiversii is found in the Sierra Nevada, the northern portion of Southern Coast Ranges (Monterey County), the San Gabriel Mountains, and the San Bernardino Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus |
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Synonyms | L. arboreus var. eximius, L. propinquus | |
Name authority | Sims: Bot. Mag. 18: plate 682. (1803) | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 192, fig. 58. (1863) — (as stiverii) |
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