Lupinus argenteus var. holosericeus |
Lupinus argenteus var. fulvomaculatus |
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holo lupine, little-flower lupine, silky lupine |
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Habit | Herbs 2–7 dm, densely silky throughout, hairs forwardly appressed. | Herbs 1–10 dm, glabrous or pubescent. |
Stems | branched or unbranched. |
branched. |
Leaves | 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. |
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(–6) mm. |
1–2.5 mm. |
Flowers | 5–9 mm; calyx bulge 0–1 mm; corolla purplish blue, wings 5–7.5 mm, banner densely hairy abaxially, to middle or distally. |
6–8 mm; calyx bulge 0–1 mm; corolla pale blue with brown banner patch, banner glabrous or hairy abaxially. |
2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Lupinus argenteus var. holosericeus |
Lupinus argenteus var. fulvomaculatus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Dry, open places, sagebrush plains, low hills in the intermountain region, slopes and ridges of the Rocky Mountains. | Cool, moist mountain meadows, stream banks, lakeshores, forests. |
Elevation | 1500–3500 m. (4900–11500 ft.) | 2000–3600 m. (6600–11800 ft.) |
Distribution |
CO; ID; NV; OR; UT |
AZ; CO; NM; UT |
Discussion | 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.) |
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. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | L. holosericeus, L. evermannii, L. stockii, L. summae | L. fulvomaculatus, L. ingratus |
Name authority | (Nuttall) Barneby in A. Cronquist et al.: Intermount. Fl. 3(B): 245. (1989) | (Payson) Barneby: Great Basin Naturalist 46: 257. (1986) |
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