Flora of North America species comparison

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Lupinus breweri var. breweri

Lupinus breweri var. bryoides
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Brewer's lupine
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Matted Brewer's lupine, Matted lupine
Habit Herbs or subshrubs with caudex usually below ground, forming a mat. Herbs or subshrubs with caudex usually above ground, forming a dense tuft.
Leaflet

blades 6–20 mm.

blades 3–5 mm.
Racemes

1–2 cm.

2–3 cm.
Peduncles

1–3 cm.

1–2 cm.
Flowers

6–9 mm;

banner glabrous abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

4–6(–7) mm;

banner and keel ± glabrous.

Lupinus breweri var. breweri

Lupinus breweri var. bryoides
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jul–Aug.
Habitat Dry, stony slopes and benches, open subalpine to alpine montane forests. Open subalpine to alpine montane forests.
Elevation 1000–4000 m. (3300–13100 ft.) 2500–4000 m. (8200–13100 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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from FNA
CA; NV
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Discussion

Variety breweri is known from Mount Pinos through the Sierra Nevada and Siskiyou Mountains in California, to southern Oregon (Mt. Ashland, Jackson County), and western Nevada in Washoe County.

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

Variety bryoides is known from the western Transverse Ranges in Ventura County and the central and southern Sierra Nevada (Inyo to Tulare counties) to the White Mountains in California, and Mineral County to the Sweetwater, Wassuk, and White ranges in 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 breweri Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus breweri
Sibling taxa
L. breweri var. bryoides, L. breweri var. grandiflorus
L. breweri var. breweri, L. breweri var. grandiflorus
Synonyms L. breweri var. parvulus L. tegeticulatus
Name authority unknown C. P. Smith in W. L. Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 526. (1925)
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