Lupinus constancei |
Lupinus magnificus |
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Lassics lupine, lassicus lupine, The Lassics lupine |
magnificent lupine, Panamint Mountain lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, less than 1.5 dm, matted, long-shaggy-hairy. | Herbs, perennial, 6–12 dm, white-woolly. | ||||||||
Stems | ± prostrate, branched. |
erect, branched at base, hairs 1–3 mm, sharp, stiff. |
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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. |
usually basal; stipules 10–24 mm; petiole 6–30 cm; leaflets 5–9, blades 20–55 × 6–15 mm, adaxial surface densely woolly. |
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Racemes | dense, 3–5 cm, usually exceeding leaves; flowers whorled. |
10–45 cm; flowers whorled or not. |
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Peduncles | 1.5–4 cm; bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm. |
10–50 cm; bracts deciduous, 4–5 mm. |
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Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
2–8 mm. |
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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. |
fragrant, 10–18 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–11 mm, adaxial lobe, 2-toothed, 5–9 mm; corolla lavender to rose, banner patch yellow turning purple, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip. |
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Legumes | 1.5–2.5 cm, shaggy. |
3–7 cm, densely hairy. |
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Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
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Seeds | 3–5, tan. |
5–8, tan, 3–4 mm. |
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Lupinus constancei |
Lupinus magnificus |
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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 |
California
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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.) |
Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | 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) | M. E. Jones: Contr. W. Bot. 8: 26. (1898) | ||||||||
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