Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis
Lupinus lepidus var. aridus
Ashland lupine, Mt. Ashland lupine
dry ground lupine, prairie lupine
absent.
loosely tufted, subacaulescent or shortly caulescent, rarely branched.
basal;
leaflet blades 10–20 mm, surfaces with long, dense, silvery-appressed hairs.
appearing basal;
leaflet blades (13–)15–28(–35) mm.
3–8 cm (not including peduncle), slightly exceeding leaves, dense.
3.5–20(–25) cm, usually partially exserted from leaves.
(3–)5–7.5 cm;
bracts 5 mm.
0–4(–8) cm;
bracts 6–9 mm.
1 mm.
stout, 1–2.5(–3) mm.
in 9–13 whorls, 9–12 mm;
calyx abaxial lobe 2–3 mm, adaxial lobe 5 mm;
corolla blue-violet.
in 6–14 whorls, 7–12.5 mm;
corolla pale blue or blue to blue-purple, banner recurved, reflexed, 3+ mm wide, wings (7–)8–12.5 mm.
7–11 mm, pubescent.
2–4.
= 48.
= 48.
Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis
Lupinus lepidus var. aridus
Variety ashlandensis is known only from Mount Ashland in the Siskiyou Mountains of Jackson County.
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Variety aridus is found widely scattered over southeastern Oregon, southwestern Idaho, southward in Nevada to Washoe, Nye, and Lincoln counties, eastward into adjacent Iron and Washington counties in Utah, and northward in the Columbia Basin in Oregon and Washington; it is reported in northwestern Arizona and is rarely found in eastern California in Mono County.
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