Lupinus lepidus var. ramosus |
Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis |
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branch tidy lupine |
Mt. Ashland lupine |
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Habit | Herbs 13–30 cm, shaggy. | Herbs 7–12 cm, hairs long-dense, appressed, silvery. |
Stems | decumbent to erect. |
absent. |
Leaves | some basal, mostly cauline; leaflet blades usually 5–15(–30) mm, surfaces hairy to shaggy. |
basal; leaflet blades 10–20 mm, surfaces with long, dense, silvery-appressed hairs. |
Racemes | 2–10 cm, exserted beyond leaves, open. |
3–8 cm (not including peduncle), slightly exceeding leaves, dense. |
Peduncles | 3–5 cm; bracts 4–9 mm. |
(3–)5–7.5 cm; bracts 5 mm. |
Pedicels | slender, 1.5–3 mm. |
1 mm. |
Flowers | fragrant, in (2 or)3–7 whorls, ± well spaced, 7–9(–12) mm; corolla blue, banner patch white to yellow. |
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. |
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Seeds | 2–4. |
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2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Lupinus lepidus var. ramosus |
Lupinus lepidus var. ashlandensis |
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Phenology | Flowering Jul–Aug. | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Open stony crests, gravelly hillsides, subalpine. | Alpine slopes. |
Elevation | 2300–4000 m. (7500–13100 ft.) | 2100–2300 m. (6900–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA |
OR |
Discussion | Variety ramosus is known from the central and southern Sierra Nevada and in the Sweetwater and White mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | L. brunneomaculatus, L. crassulus, L. culbertsonii subsp. hypolasius, L. danaus var. bicolor, L. hypolasius | L. aridus subsp. ashlandensis |
Name authority | Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 268. (1936) | (B. J. Cox) Isely: Native Natural. Legum. U.S., 705. (1998) |
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