Lupinus latifolius |
Lupinus constancei |
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broad-leaf lupine |
Lassics lupine, lassicus lupine, The Lassics lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 3–24 dm, not fleshy, green, glabrous or hairy. | Herbs, perennial, less than 1.5 dm, matted, long-shaggy-hairy. | ||||||||||||||||
Stems | erect or spreading, branched or unbranched. |
± prostrate, branched. |
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Leaves | 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, clustered near base; stipules less than 6 mm; petiole 6–8(–14) cm; leaflets 6 or 7, blades 10–20 × 8–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
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Racemes | 16–60 cm; flowers whorled or spirally arranged. |
dense, 3–5 cm, usually exceeding leaves; flowers whorled. |
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Peduncles | 8–20 cm; bracts deciduous, 8–12 mm. |
1.5–4 cm; bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm. |
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Pedicels | 2–12 mm. |
1–4 mm. |
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Flowers | 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. |
8–12 mm, in 5–12 whorls; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm; corolla pink, banner patch light yellow, keel dark rose, white at claw, banner glabrous abaxially, strongly reflexed, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate. |
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Legumes | 2–4.5 cm, ± densely hairy. |
1.5–2.5 cm, shaggy. |
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Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
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Seeds | 6–10, mottled dark brown, 3–4 mm. |
3–5, tan. |
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Lupinus latifolius |
Lupinus constancei |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul. | |||||||||||||||||
Habitat | Serpentine barrens in openings of lower montane conifer forests. | |||||||||||||||||
Elevation | 1500–2000 m. [4900–6600 ft.] | |||||||||||||||||
Distribution |
w North America; nw Mexico
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CA |
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Discussion | 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 constancei is known from only two populations in the Lassics Range (Inner North Coast Range) in southeastern Humboldt and northwestern Trinity counties. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms | L. rivularis var. latifolius | L. lepidus var. constancei | ||||||||||||||||
Name authority | J. Agardh: Syn. Lupini, 18. (1835) | T. W. Nelson & J. P. Nelson: Brittonia 35: 180, fig. 1. (1983) | ||||||||||||||||
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