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Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis
Photo is of parent taxon

Mt. Ashland lupine
Habit Herbs 7–12 cm, hairs long-dense, appressed, silvery.
Stems

absent.
Leaves

basal;

leaflet blades 10–20 mm, surfaces with long, dense, silvery-appressed hairs.
Racemes

3–8 cm (not including peduncle), slightly exceeding leaves, dense.
Peduncles

(3–)5–7.5 cm;

bracts 5 mm.
Pedicels

1 mm.
Flowers

in 9–13 whorls, 9–12 mm;

calyx abaxial lobe 2–3 mm, adaxial lobe 5 mm;

corolla blue-violet.
Legumes

7–11 mm, pubescent.
Seeds

2–4.
2n

= 48.

Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis
Phenology Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Alpine slopes.
Elevation 2100–2300 m. (6900–7500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
OR
Discussion

Variety ashlandensis is known only from Mount Ashland in the Siskiyou Mountains of Jackson County.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus lepidus
Sibling taxa
L. lepidus var. aridus, L. lepidus var. confertus, L. lepidus var. culbertsonii, L. lepidus var. cusickii, L. lepidus var. lepidus, L. lepidus var. lobbii, L. lepidus var. ramosus, L. lepidus var. sellulus, L. lepidus var. utahensis
Synonyms L. aridus subsp. ashlandensis
Name authority (B. J. Cox) Isely: Native Natural. Legum. U.S., 705. (1998)
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