Lupinus lepidus var. ramosus
Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
branch tidy lupine
elegant lupine, Lobb's lupine, prostrate lupine
decumbent to erect.
absent or shortly caulescent, then prostrate and matted.
some basal, mostly cauline;
leaflet blades usually 5–15(–30) mm, surfaces hairy to shaggy.
usually basal;
leaflet blades 5–10 mm, surfaces hairy to shaggy abaxially, greenish and sometimes glabrate adaxially.
2–10 cm, exserted beyond leaves, open.
2–8 cm, exserted beyond leaves, ± dense.
3–5 cm;
bracts 4–9 mm.
5–8(–13) cm;
bracts 5–6 mm.
slender, 1.5–3 mm.
1–2 mm.
fragrant, in (2 or)3–7 whorls, ± well spaced, 7–9(–12) mm;
corolla blue, banner patch white to yellow.
in 4–7 whorls, 6–10 mm;
corolla usually violet, rarely white, banner patch white.
= 48.
= 48.
Lupinus lepidus var. ramosus
Lupinus lepidus var. lobbii
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 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.
(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
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