Lupinus longifolius |
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long leaf bush lupine |
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Habit | Shrubs, 10–15 dm, usually greenish, soft-short-hairy. |
Stems | erect, clustered, branched. |
Leaves | cauline; stipules 5–14 mm; petiole 4–7(–10) cm; leaflets 5–10, blades 30–60 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
Racemes | 20–45 cm; flowers ± whorled or not. |
Peduncles | 5–12 cm; bracts deciduous, 4–11 mm. |
Pedicels | 5–10 mm. |
Flowers | 12–18 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 10–15 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 8–10 mm; corolla violet to blue, banner patch yellowish to white or absent, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip. |
Legumes | dark, 4–6 cm, hairy. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 6–8, brownish to gray, 5–6 mm. |
Lupinus longifolius |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Coastal sage scrub, chaparral, coastal bluffs, inland canyons. |
Elevation | 0–500 m. (0–1600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Lupinus longifolius occurs in southwestern California and adjacent Baja California. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus |
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Synonyms | L. chamissonis var. longifolius, L. albifrons var. longifolius, L. mollisifolius |
Name authority | (S. Watson) Abrams: Fl. Los Angeles, 209. (1904) |
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