Lupinus microcarpus |
Lupinus benthamii |
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chick lupine, wide-bannered lupine |
spider lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 1–8 dm, sparsely to densely pubescent. | Herbs, annual, 2–7 dm, with short-appressed and long, spreading hairs. | ||||||||
Stems | ascending or erect, branched near base or middle, or unbranched, hollow, at least near base. |
erect, usually branched, sometimes unbranched. |
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Leaves | cauline; petiole 3–15 cm; leaflets 5–9(–11), blades 10–50 × 2–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous. |
cauline; petiole 3–12 cm; leaflets 7–10, blades 20–50 × 1.5–3.5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous. |
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Racemes | 4–60 cm; flowers in crowded to widely spaced whorls. |
10–40 cm; flowers spirally arranged, sometimes appearing ± whorled proximally. |
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Peduncles | 2–30 cm; bracts persistent, reflexed, 3.5–12 mm. |
4–7 cm; bracts deciduous, 10–15 mm, longer than buds. |
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Pedicels | 0.5–5 mm. |
5–9 mm. |
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Flowers | 8–18 mm; calyx appendages usually absent, sometimes present, abaxial lobe 5–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2–6 mm; corolla white to dark yellow, pink to dark rose, or lavender to purple, lower wing margins sometimes ciliate, upper margins usually ciliate near claw, upper keel margins usually ciliate near claw, lower margins sometimes ciliate but not as densely. |
10–18 mm; calyx 5–6.5 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft; corolla bright blue, banner spot whitish, becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw. |
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Legumes | 1–1.8 cm, pubescent. |
3 cm, coarsely pubescent. |
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Cotyledons | persistent or deciduous (leaving circular scar), disclike, sessile. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
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Seeds | 2, tan to brown, usually mottled, ridged or smooth. |
5–8. |
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Lupinus microcarpus |
Lupinus benthamii |
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Phenology | Flowering spring. | |||||||||
Habitat | Rocky slopes, open areas. | |||||||||
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | |||||||||
Distribution |
w North America; nw Mexico; South America
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CA
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). Lupinus microcarpus is highly variable and with varieties intergrading. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lupinus benthamii occurs in the Sierra Nevada Foothills, Tehachapi Mountains, South Coastal Ranges, and parts of the delta region of the Great Central Valley. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus | ||||||||
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Synonyms | L. leptophyllus, L. benthamii var. opimus | |||||||||
Name authority | Sims: Bot. Mag. 50: plate 2413. (1823) | A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 2: 61. (1905) — (as benthami) | ||||||||
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