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Lassics lupine, lassicus lupine, The Lassics lupine

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

Phenology Flowering Jul.
Habitat Serpentine barrens in openings of lower montane conifer forests.
Elevation 1500–2000 m. (4900–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
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.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus
Sibling taxa
L. adsurgens, L. affinis, L. albicaulis, L. albifrons, L. andersonii, L. angustiflorus, L. antoninus, L. apertus, L. arboreus, L. arbustus, L. arcticus, L. argenteus, L. arizonicus, L. benthamii, L. bicolor, L. brevicaulis, L. breweri, L. cervinus, L. chamissonis, L. citrinus, L. concinnus, L. covillei, L. croceus, L. dalesiae, L. diffusus, L. duranii, L. elatus, L. elmeri, L. excubitus, L. flavoculatus, L. formosus, L. fulcratus, L. gracilentus, L. grayi, L. guadalupensis, L. havardii, L. hirsutissimus, L. huachucanus, L. hyacinthinus, L. kingii, L. kuschei, L. lapidicola, L. latifolius, L. lepidus, L. leucophyllus, L. littoralis, L. longifolius, L. ludovicianus, L. luteolus, L. magnificus, L. malacophyllus, L. microcarpus, L. nanus, L. neomexicanus, L. nevadensis, L. nipomensis, L. nootkatensis, L. obtusilobus, L. odoratus, L. onustus, L. oreganus, L. pachylobus, L. padrecrowleyi, L. peirsonii, L. perennis, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rivularis, L. sabineanus, L. sericatus, L. sericeus, L. shockleyi, L. sierrae-blancae, L. sparsiflorus, L. spectabilis, L. stiversii, L. subcarnosus, L. succulentus, L. sulphureus, L. texensis, L. tidestromii, L. tracyi, L. truncatus, L. uncialis, L. villosus, L. westianus
Synonyms L. lepidus var. constancei
Name authority T. W. Nelson & J. P. Nelson: Brittonia 35: 180, fig. 1. (1983)
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