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Lupinus argenteus var. fulvomaculatus

Lupinus argenteus var. meionanthus
Photo is of parent taxon
Photo is of parent taxon

Lake Tahoe lupine
Habit Herbs 1–10 dm, glabrous or pubescent. Herbs 2–5(–9) dm, hairs forwardly appressed, silvery.
Stems

branched.

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.

cauline;

leaflet blades narrow and folded, oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, surfaces appressed-silvery to gray-green.
Pedicels

1–2.5 mm.

2–3 mm.
Flowers

6–8 mm;

calyx bulge 0–1 mm;

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

5–6(–7) mm;

calyx bulge 0–1 mm, but not elongated into a spur;

corolla dull blue to lilac, banner patch yellow, wings 5–6 mm, banner glabrous abaxially.
2n

= 48.

= 48.

Lupinus argenteus var. fulvomaculatus

Lupinus argenteus var. meionanthus
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Cool, moist mountain meadows, stream banks, lakeshores, forests. Dry banks, red fir and lodgepole pine forests, sagebrush scrub.
Elevation 2000–3600 m. (6600–11800 ft.) 1500–3500 m. (4900–11500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CO; NM; UT
from FNA
CA; NV
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.)

Variety meionanthus is known from the Sierra Nevada in California to adjacent western Nevada.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus argenteus 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
L. argenteus var. argentatus, L. argenteus var. argenteus, L. argenteus var. argophyllus, L. argenteus var. fulvomaculatus, L. argenteus var. heteranthus, L. argenteus var. hillii, L. argenteus var. holosericeus, 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 L. meionanthus
Name authority (Payson) Barneby: Great Basin Naturalist 46: 257. (1986) (A. Gray) Barneby in A. Cronquist et al.: Intermount. Fl. 3(B): 246. (1989)
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