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Lupinus lepidus var. ramosus

Lupinus lepidus var. utahensis
Photo is of parent taxon

branch tidy lupine
Photo is of parent taxon

prairie lupine, stemless lupine, Utah lupine, Utah tidy lupine
Habit Herbs 13–30 cm, shaggy. Herbs short-lived, 10–25 cm, matted, densely hairy.
Stems

decumbent to erect.

very short or absent, densely tufted.
Leaves

some basal, mostly cauline;

leaflet blades usually 5–15(–30) mm, surfaces hairy to shaggy.

basal;

leaflet blades 8–20 mm, surfaces densely hairy.
Racemes

2–10 cm, exserted beyond leaves, open.

(2–)3–6 cm, not exceeding leaves, dense.
Peduncles

3–5 cm;

bracts 4–9 mm.

0–1.4(–2) cm;

bracts 8–15 mm.
Pedicels

slender, 1.5–3 mm.

0.4–1.5 mm.
Flowers

fragrant, in (2 or)3–7 whorls, ± well spaced, 7–9(–12) mm;

corolla blue, banner patch white to yellow.

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. ramosus

Lupinus lepidus var. utahensis
Phenology Flowering Jul–Aug. Flowering Jun–Aug.
Habitat Open stony crests, gravelly hillsides, subalpine. Mountain meadows, gravel bars, streambeds, lakeshores, sand or rocks, with sage­brush, lodgepole pine forests and above timberline.
Elevation 2300–4000 m. (7500–13100 ft.) 1500–3500 m. (4900–11500 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
from FNA
AZ; CA; CO; ID; MT; NM; NV; OR; UT; WY
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 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.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus lepidus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus lepidus
Sibling taxa
L. lepidus var. aridus, L. lepidus var. ashlandensis, L. lepidus var. confertus, L. lepidus var. culbertsonii, L. lepidus var. cusickii, L. lepidus var. lepidus, L. lepidus var. lobbii, L. lepidus var. sellulus, L. lepidus var. utahensis
L. lepidus var. aridus, L. lepidus var. ashlandensis, L. lepidus var. confertus, L. lepidus var. culbertsonii, L. lepidus var. cusickii, L. lepidus var. lepidus, L. lepidus var. lobbii, L. lepidus var. ramosus, L. lepidus var. sellulus
Synonyms L. brunneomaculatus, L. crassulus, L. culbertsonii subsp. hypolasius, L. danaus var. bicolor, L. hypolasius L. aridus var. utahensis, L. amniculi-cervi, L. caespitosus, L. longivallis, L. psoraleoides
Name authority Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 268. (1936) (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock in C. L. Hitchcock et al.: Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 3: 315. (1961)
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