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hyacinth lupine, San Jacinto lupine

Quincy lupine

Habit Herbs, perennial, 4–10 dm, gray becoming green, sparsely hairy. Herbs, perennial, 2–5 dm, long-white-spreading-hairy.
Stems

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

ascending or erect, branched.

Leaves

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–16 mm;

petiole 3–6 cm;

leaflets 7–12, blades 30–80 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent.

cauline;

stipules 6–16 mm;

petiole 1–3 cm;

leaflets 6–9, blades 20–45 × 3–8 mm, adaxial surface tomentose, hairs silvery.

Racemes

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

5–16 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

Peduncles

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

2–5 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

Pedicels

2–6 mm.

2–5.5 mm.

Flowers

13–16 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–10 mm;

corolla light blue to purple, banner patch yellowish to white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

9–12 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 3–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 4–7 mm;

corolla usually yellow, banner hairy abaxially, keel ± glabrous.

Legumes

3–4 cm, silky.

2–3 cm, strigose.

Cotyledons

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

Seeds

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

3–5, tan, 3–5 mm.

Lupinus hyacinthinus

Lupinus dalesiae

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug. Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Dry slopes, under yellow pines and white fir. Open, dry areas in pine forests.
Elevation 2000–3500 m. (6600–11500 ft.) (800–)1000–2500 m. ((2600–)3300–8200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA
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Discussion

Lupinus hyacinthinus is found in southern California in the San Gabriel, San Jacinto, and Santa Rosa mountains and on the Sierra San Pedro Mártir in Baja California. It is distinguished from its close relatives by its larger flowers in combination with green (versus gray or dull green) leaves.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Lupinus dalesiae is known only from the high Sierra Nevada in Plumas County. It is distinctive with its white pubescence, yellow flowers, and banner that is hairy abaxially.

P. A. Munz (1959) treated Lupinus dalesiae as a synonym of L. adsurgens var. undulatus C. P. Smith, but L. adsurgens has a banner that is glabrous abaxially.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus 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. guadalupensis, L. havardii, L. hirsutissimus, L. huachucanus, 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
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. 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. albicaulis var. hyacinthinus, L. andersonii var. sublinearis, L. formosus var. hyacinthinus L. formosus var. clemensiae
Name authority Greene: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 85. (1910) Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 266. (1940) — (as dalesae)
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