Lupinus lepidus var. cusickii |
Lupinus lepidus var. utahensis |
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Cusick's lupine |
prairie lupine, stemless lupine, Utah lupine, Utah tidy lupine |
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Habit | Herbs 5(–10) cm, canescent, taprooted. | Herbs short-lived, 10–25 cm, matted, densely hairy. |
Stems | ascending-erect, several from taproot, profusely branched at base, elongated stem internode 1–3 cm. |
very short or absent, densely tufted. |
Leaves | basal and cauline; leaflet blades 10–25 mm, surfaces hairy. |
basal; leaflet blades 8–20 mm, surfaces densely hairy. |
Racemes | 2–10 cm, not exserted beyond leaves, or only partially so, loose. |
(2–)3–6 cm, not exceeding leaves, dense. |
Peduncles | 1–6 cm (together with racemes 2–10 cm); bract 2–3.5 mm. |
0–1.4(–2) cm; bracts 8–15 mm. |
Pedicels | 2.5–4 mm. |
0.4–1.5 mm. |
Flowers | in 6–9 whorls, 7–10 mm; corolla bluish, banner not or scarcely recurved, 2.5–3 mm wide. |
in 2 or 3 whorls, 7–10 mm; corolla purple or violet, banner patch white, banner not or scarcely recurved, 2.5–3 mm wide, upper keel margins ciliate near tip. |
2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Lupinus lepidus var. cusickii |
Lupinus lepidus var. utahensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Barren tuffaceous or gravelly clay bluffs and gullied riverbanks, usually associated with junipers, sagebrush, and Eriogonum. | Mountain meadows, gravel bars, streambeds, lakeshores, sand or rocks, with sagebrush, lodgepole pine forests and above timberline. |
Elevation | 1300–1500 m. (4300–4900 ft.) | 1500–3500 m. (4900–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
ID; OR |
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WY |
Discussion | 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 utahensis is widespread in the Rocky and Great Basin mountains from central Idaho and western Montana southward to northwestern New Mexico and northeastern Arizona (Chuska Mountains in Apache County), westward to eastern Oregon, northern Nevada, and eastern Lassen County, California, and disjunct in the White Mountains on the California-Nevada border. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | L. cusickii, L. aridus var. cusickii, L. lepidus subsp. cusickii, L. longivallis | L. aridus var. utahensis, L. amniculi-cervi, L. caespitosus, L. longivallis, L. psoraleoides |
Name authority | (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock in C. L. Hitchcock et al.: Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 3: 315. (1961) | (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock in C. L. Hitchcock et al.: Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 3: 315. (1961) |
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