Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis |
Lupinus lepidus var. confertus |
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Ashland lupine, Mt. Ashland lupine |
cluster tidy lupine |
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Habit | Herbs 7–12 cm, hairs long-dense, appressed, silvery. | Herbs 25–60 cm, hairy. |
Stems | absent. |
decumbent to erect. |
Leaves | basal; leaflet blades 10–20 mm, surfaces with long, dense, silvery-appressed hairs. |
cauline; leaflet blade 15–30 mm, surfaces hairy. |
Racemes | 3–8 cm (not including peduncle), slightly exceeding leaves, dense. |
(5–)12–30 cm, exserted beyond leaves, dense. |
Peduncles | (3–)5–7.5 cm; bracts 5 mm. |
3–13 cm; bracts 5–14 mm. |
Pedicels | 1 mm. |
stout, ± 1–1.5 mm. |
Flowers | in 9–13 whorls, 9–12 mm; calyx abaxial lobe 2–3 mm, adaxial lobe 5 mm; corolla blue-violet. |
in 9–15 whorls, 7–9 mm, dense; corolla blue or pink to lavender, banner patch yellowish fading brown to red. |
Legumes | 7–11 mm, pubescent. |
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Seeds | 2–4. |
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2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis |
Lupinus lepidus var. confertus |
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Phenology | Flowering Jun–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Alpine slopes. | Meadows, vernally moist areas in pine forests and sagebrush. |
Elevation | 2100–2300 m. (6900–7500 ft.) | (300–)1500–2500(–3200) m. ((1000–)4900–8200(–10500) ft.) |
Distribution |
OR |
CA; NV |
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.) |
Variety confertus is found in Douglas, Esmeralda, Lyon, Mineral, Ormsby, and Washoe counties in Nevada, and in the high Cascades, high Sierra Nevada, Transverse Ranges, Great Basin province, and into the desert mountains in California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | L. aridus subsp. ashlandensis | L. confertus, L. aridus var. torreyi, L. confertus var. wrightii, L. lepidus var. torreyi, L. torreyi |
Name authority | (B. J. Cox) Isely: Native Natural. Legum. U.S., 705. (1998) | (Kellogg) C. P. Smith: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 304. (1924) |
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