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Matted lupine, showy Brewer's lupine

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Brewer's lupine

Habit Herbs or subshrubs with caudex above ground, matted. Herbs or subshrubs with caudex usually below ground, forming a mat.
Leaflet

blades 6–11 mm.

blades 6–20 mm.

Racemes

2–10 cm.

1–2 cm.

Peduncles

2–8 cm.

1–3 cm.

Flowers

(6–)9–11 mm;

banner ± silky abaxially, keel strongly ciliate.

6–9 mm;

banner glabrous abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

Lupinus breweri var. grandiflorus

Lupinus breweri var. breweri

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Volcanic sand. Dry, stony slopes and benches, open subalpine to alpine montane forests.
Elevation 2000–3500 m. (6600–11500 ft.) 1000–4000 m. (3300–13100 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA; NV; OR
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Discussion

Variety grandiflorus is known from throughout the Sierra Nevada and in the San Bernardino and White mountains.

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

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.)

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. breweri, L. breweri var. bryoides
L. breweri var. bryoides, L. breweri var. grandiflorus
Synonyms L. breweri var. clokeyanus, L. campbelliae, L. campbelliae var. bernardinus, L. monensis, L. tegeticulatus var. grandiflorus L. breweri var. parvulus
Name authority C. P. Smith in W. L. Jepson: Man. Fl. Pl. Calif., 526. (1925) unknown
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