Lupinus latifolius
Lupinus apertus
broad-leaf lupine
naked lupine, summit lupine
erect or spreading, branched or unbranched.
erect, branched.
cauline, basal when present withered by anthesis;
stipules 5–10 mm;
petiole 4–20 cm;
leaflets 5–11, blades 40–100 × 6–24 mm, abaxial surface ± hairy, adaxial surface glabrous or hairy.
cauline;
stipules 5–10 mm;
petiole 2–5 cm;
leaflets 7–9, blades 25–55 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.
16–60 cm;
flowers whorled or spirally arranged.
8–11 cm;
flowers spirally arranged to whorled.
8–20 cm;
bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm.
1–8 cm;
bracts deciduous, 3.5–5 mm.
2–12 mm.
3–6 mm.
8–18 mm;
calyx abaxial lobe entire or notched, 4–8 mm, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 5–10 mm;
corolla blue or purple to white, banner patch usually white to yellowish turning purple, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins usually ciliate, adaxial margin ciliate from claw to middle.
10–12 mm;
calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 4.5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3.5–6 mm;
corolla usually purple, sometimes pink or white, banner patch usually white, banner hairy abaxially, keel glabrous.
2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy.
2–3 cm, hairy.
deciduous, petiolate.
deciduous, petiolate.
6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm.
3 or 4, 5–6 mm.
Lupinus latifolius
Lupinus apertus
Varieties 5 (5 in the flora).
Various authors have differed in their circumscriptions of Lupinus latifolius. For example, P. K. Vaughn and D. B. Dunn (1977) recognized three varieties, D. Isely (1998) recognized six varieties, and C. L. Hitchcock et al. (1955–1969, vol. 3) recognized three varieties. The most conservative approach has been taken here by recognizing taxa that have the clearest characteristics, but that approach might not reflect phylogeny. Research is needed to clarify the varieties and particularly the relationships among L. latifolius and L. arcticus, L. perennis, and L. polyphyllus.
Lupinus latifolius is known to cause birth defects in livestock (R. F. Keeler et al. 1977).
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Lupinus apertus is found in the northern High Sierra Nevada from Plumas to El Dorado counties in California and eastward to southwestern Washoe County, Nevada.
Lupinus apertus can be differentiated from L. andersonii by its abaxial banner pubescence and from L. angustiflorus by its pale yellow to orange-yellow flowers. Lupinus apertus is reportedly toxic.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
1. Flowers 8–14 mm. | → 2 |
2. Flowers 10–14(–16) mm. | var. latifolius |
2. Flowers 8–10(–12) mm. | var. viridifolius |
1. Flowers 12–18 mm. | → 3 |
3. Stems densely hairy, not hollow; San Francisco Bay area, California. | var. dudleyi |
3. Stems glabrate or sparsely strigose, hollow; sw California or n Oregon to British Columbia. | → 4 |
4. Herbs 5–20 dm, caudex often unbranched; Arizona, California. | var. parishii |
4. Herbs 2.5–6 dm, caudex branched; n Oregon to British Columbia. | var. subalpinus |
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