Lupinus lepidus var. cusickii
Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
Cusick's lupine
elegant lupine, Lobb's lupine, prostrate lupine
ascending-erect, several from taproot, profusely branched at base, elongated stem internode 1–3 cm.
absent or shortly caulescent, then prostrate and matted.
basal and cauline;
leaflet blades 10–25 mm, surfaces hairy.
usually basal;
leaflet blades 5–10 mm, surfaces hairy to shaggy abaxially, greenish and sometimes glabrate adaxially.
2–10 cm, not exserted beyond leaves, or only partially so, loose.
2–8 cm, exserted beyond leaves, ± dense.
1–6 cm (together with racemes 2–10 cm);
bract 2–3.5 mm.
5–8(–13) cm;
bracts 5–6 mm.
2.5–4 mm.
1–2 mm.
in 6–9 whorls, 7–10 mm;
corolla bluish, banner not or scarcely recurved, 2.5–3 mm wide.
in 4–7 whorls, 6–10 mm;
corolla usually violet, rarely white, banner patch white.
= 48.
= 48.
Lupinus lepidus var. cusickii
Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
Variety cusickii is known from a few populations near Unity in Baker County, Oregon (K. A. Weitemier 2010) and near Donnelly and McCall in Valley County, Idaho.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Variety lobbii is found in British Columbia and southward through the Cascades of Washington and Oregon to the high mountains of the North Coast Ranges, Sierra Nevada, and White Mountains in California. It is known also from the Basin and Range peaks in Idaho and Nevada.
Lupinus pinetorum A. Heller (1910, not M. E. Jones 1898) is an illegitimate name that pertains here.
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