Lupinus concinnus |
Lupinus lepidus |
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bajada lupine |
Donner Lake lupine, dwarf lupine, Lobb's lupine, Pacific lupine, prairie lupine, prostrate lupine, stool lupine, tidy lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 1–3 dm, spreading-pubescent. | Herbs, perennial, less than 6 dm, matted, hairy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stems | ascending, tufted, or erect, branched or unbranched. |
acaulescent or prostrate to ± erect, unbranched or branched. |
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Leaves | cauline; petiole 2–7 cm, spreading-pubescent; leaflets 5–9, blades 10–30 × 1.5–8 mm, surfaces pubescent. |
usually basal, sometimes cauline present; stipules 3–25 mm; petiole 2–13 cm; leaflets 5–8, blades 5–40 × 3–7 mm, surfaces pubescent. |
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Racemes | 1–18 cm; flowers spirally arranged, solitary axillary flowers also sometimes present. |
dense, 3–20 cm, not exceeding to exserted beyond leaves; flowers whorled, usually crowded. |
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Peduncles | erect, 2–8 cm; bracts persistent, straight, 2.5–4 mm. |
2–13 cm; bracts usually persistent, 4–15 mm. |
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Pedicels | 0.7–2 mm. |
0.4–3 mm. |
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Flowers | 5–12 mm; calyx 3–5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft; corolla usually pink to purple, rarely white, banner spot white or yellowish, keel usually glabrous, rarely with few, minute cilia on lower margins. |
6–13 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 4–7 mm, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 3–7 mm; corolla pink, violet, or blue, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate. |
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Legumes | 1–1.5 cm, pubescent. |
1–2 cm, hairy. |
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Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
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Seeds | 3–5. |
2–6, ± mottled tan or green to brown, 2–4 mm. |
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2n | = 48. |
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Lupinus concinnus |
Lupinus lepidus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Open or disturbed areas, often following burns. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NM; NV; TX; UT; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora)
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w North America
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Discussion | In Texas, Lupinus concinnus is known from the trans-Pecos region; in California it is more common in the central and southern areas. Lupinus concinnus is a highly variable, predominantly self-pollinated complex and the named varieties cannot be consistently segregated. Desert plants with linear, coarsely hairy leaflets and few, minute cilia on lower keel margins (at times recognized as var. desertorum) may be confused with L. sparsiflorus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Varieties 10 (10 in the flora). Dwarf perennial lupines are usually characterized by a cespitose habit, persistent inflorescence bracts, banners that are glabrous abaxially, and ciliate keel petals. The history of the taxonomy of this group was discussed in detail by B. J. Cox (1972), R. C. Barneby (1989), and K. A. Weitemier (2010). Barneby gave justification for his conservative treatment of this taxon, which is generally followed here. Genetic analysis in lupines has shown little separation, according to Weitemier, but he suggested that there is good evidence to retain these variations as varieties, following Barneby, rather than elevating them to species level. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | L. agardhianus, L. concinnus var. agardhianus, L. concinnus var. desertorum, L. concinnus subsp. optatus, L. concinnus var. optatus, L. concinnus subsp. orcuttii, L. concinnus var. orcuttii, L. concinnus var. pallidus, L. pallidus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name authority | J. Agardh: Syn. Lupini, 6, plate 1, fig. 1. (1835) | Douglas ex Lindley: Bot. Reg. 14: plate 1149. (1828) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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