Lupinus constancei |
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Lassics lupine, lassicus lupine, The Lassics lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, less than 1.5 dm, matted, long-shaggy-hairy. |
Stems | ± prostrate, branched. |
Leaves | cauline, clustered near base; stipules less than 6 mm; petiole 6–8(–14) cm; leaflets 6 or 7, blades 10–20 × 8–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
Racemes | dense, 3–5 cm, usually exceeding leaves; flowers whorled. |
Peduncles | 1.5–4 cm; bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm. |
Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
Flowers | 8–12 mm, in 5–12 whorls; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm; corolla pink, banner patch light yellow, keel dark rose, white at claw, banner glabrous abaxially, strongly reflexed, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate. |
Legumes | 1.5–2.5 cm, shaggy. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 3–5, tan. |
Lupinus constancei |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Serpentine barrens in openings of lower montane conifer forests. |
Elevation | 1500–2000 m. (4900–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA |
Discussion | Lupinus constancei is known from only two populations in the Lassics Range (Inner North Coast Range) in southeastern Humboldt and northwestern Trinity counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | L. lepidus var. constancei |
Name authority | T. W. Nelson & J. P. Nelson: Brittonia 35: 180, fig. 1. (1983) |
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