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Habit Herbs 1–10 dm, glabrous or pubescent.
Stems

branched.

Leaves

usually cauline, basal leaves usually absent at flowering, if present then petioles less than 3 times as long as leaflets;

leaflet blades flat, oblanceolate, surfaces glabrous or pubescent adaxially.

Pedicels

1–2.5 mm.

Flowers

6–8 mm;

calyx bulge 0–1 mm;

corolla pale blue with brown banner patch, banner glabrous or hairy abaxially.

2n

= 48.

Lupinus argenteus var. fulvomaculatus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Cool, moist mountain meadows, stream banks, lakeshores, forests.
Elevation 2000–3600 m. (6600–11800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT
Discussion

Variety fulvomaculatus is known from the Abajo and La Sal mountains in southeastern Utah, mountainous Colorado, in the Santa Fe National Forest and vicinity in New Mexico, and in northeastern Apache County, Arizona, where it is rare.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus argenteus
Sibling taxa
L. argenteus var. argentatus, L. argenteus var. argenteus, L. argenteus var. argophyllus, L. argenteus var. heteranthus, L. argenteus var. hillii, L. argenteus var. holosericeus, L. argenteus var. meionanthus, L. argenteus var. moabensis, L. argenteus var. montigenus, L. argenteus var. palmeri, L. argenteus var. parviflorus, L. argenteus var. rubricaulis, L. argenteus var. utahensis
Synonyms L. fulvomaculatus, L. ingratus
Name authority (Payson) Barneby: Great Basin Naturalist 46: 257. (1986)
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