Lupinus guadalupensis |
|
---|---|
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 |
CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
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 | |
Sibling taxa | |
Synonyms | L. moranii |
Name authority | Greene: Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 184. (1885) |
Web links |