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Guadalupe Island lupine

Habit Herbs, annual, 2–6 dm, sparsely pubescent.
Stems

erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched.

Leaves

cauline;

petiole 3–7 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 20–50 × 3–5 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

Racemes

10–25 cm;

flowers usually whorled, sometimes spirally arranged.

Peduncles

5–8 cm;

bracts deciduous, 8–10 mm.

Pedicels

4–5 mm.

Flowers

10–12 mm;

calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla blue, banner spot white, upper keel margins with few cilia near apex, banner as wide as long or wider.

Legumes

3–6 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.

Cotyledons

deciduous, petiolate.

Seeds

6–8.

Lupinus guadalupensis

Phenology Flowering spring.
Habitat Sandy or gravelly areas.
Elevation 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Lupinus guadalupensis is known from San Clemente Island in California and Guadalupe Island in Mexico. It intergrades with L. nanus.

(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. constancei, 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. 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. moranii
Name authority Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 184. (1885)
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