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hyacinth lupine, San Jacinto lupine

summer lupine, western lupine

Habit Herbs, perennial, 4–10 dm, gray becoming green, sparsely hairy. Herbs, perennial, 12–8 dm, densely hairy to tomentose, gray to silver; rhizomes 3–7 mm diam.
Stems

erect, unbranched or branched distally.

ascending, spreading, 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 not leaflike, green to silvery, 4–15 mm;

petiole 2–7 cm;

leaflets 7–9, blades 25–70 × 6–14 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

Racemes

4–22 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

10–30 cm;

flowers ± whorled.

Peduncles

3–12 cm;

bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm.

3–7 cm;

bracts deciduous, 4–14 mm.

Pedicels

2–6 mm.

3–7 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.

10–18 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 8–12 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 7–11 mm;

corolla purple, banner patch white or not, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

Legumes

3–4 cm, silky.

3–4.5 cm, hairy.

Cotyledons

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

Seeds

3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm.

5–7, mottled brown, 4–7 mm.

Lupinus hyacinthinus

Lupinus formosus

Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Dry slopes, under yellow pines and white fir.
Elevation 2000–3500 m. (6600–11500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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from USDA
nw Mexico; California
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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.)

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

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

Key
1. Flowers 10–14 mm; stems 3–4 mm diam.
var. formosus
1. Flowers 16–18 mm; stems 5–7 mm diam.
var. robustus
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. dalesiae, L. diffusus, L. duranii, L. elatus, L. elmeri, L. excubitus, L. flavoculatus, 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
Subordinate taxa
L. formosus var. formosus, L. formosus var. robustus
Synonyms L. albicaulis var. hyacinthinus, L. andersonii var. sublinearis, L. formosus var. hyacinthinus
Name authority Greene: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 85. (1910) Greene: Fl. Francisc., 42. (1891)
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