Lupinus argenteus var. hillii
Lupinus argenteus var. holosericeus
holo lupine, little-flower lupine, silky lupine
branched.
branched or unbranched.
usually cauline, basal leaves usually absent at flowering, if present then petioles less than 3 times as long as leaflets;
leaflet blades narrow and folded, oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, surfaces gray or silvery-pubescent.
usually cauline, basal leaves usually absent at flowering, if present then petioles less than 3 times as long as leaflets;
leaflet blades narrow and folded, oblanceolate or elliptic-oblanceolate, surfaces densely silky.
(1–)2–5(–6) mm.
(1–)2–5(–6) mm.
6–8 mm;
calyx bulge 0–1 mm;
corolla blue-purple, wings 5.5–7 mm, banner equaling wings, usually thinly strigulose abaxially.
5–9 mm;
calyx bulge 0–1 mm;
corolla purplish blue, wings 5–7.5 mm, banner densely hairy abaxially, to middle or distally.
= 48.
= 48.
Lupinus argenteus var. hillii
Lupinus argenteus var. holosericeus
Variety hillii is the small-flowered form that occurs in the Southwest in which the flowers are budlike and scarcely gaping.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Variety holosericeus is known from the Ruby Mountains of northeastern Nevada through the middle and lower Snake River plains and Owyhee Desert in southern Idaho and adjacent Oregon, northern Nevada, western Colorado, and northeastern Utah.
This variety is close to var. utahensis, but the flowers are smaller, and the calyx is not spurred.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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