Lupinus breweri var. bryoides |
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Matted Brewer's lupine, Matted lupine |
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Habit | Herbs or subshrubs with caudex usually above ground, forming a dense tuft. |
Leaflet | blades 3–5 mm. |
Racemes | 2–3 cm. |
Peduncles | 1–2 cm. |
Flowers | 4–6(–7) mm; banner and keel ± glabrous. |
Lupinus breweri var. bryoides |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Open subalpine to alpine montane forests. |
Elevation | 2500–4000 m. (8200–13100 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; NV |
Discussion | 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. |
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Synonyms | L. tegeticulatus |
Name authority | C. P. Smith in W. L. Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 526. (1925) |
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