Flora of North America species comparison

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Lupinus nootkatensis var. nootkatensis
Photo is of parent taxon

Nootka lupine
Stems

10–15 mm diam, hairs spreading, long and shaggy.
Bracts

16–19 mm.
2n

= 48.

Lupinus nootkatensis var. nootkatensis
Phenology Flowering Jun–Sep.
Habitat Mesic to moist meadows, river­bars, stream banks, shorelines, clearings, roadsides, thickets, forest openings in lowland to lower alpine zones.
Elevation 0–2000 m. (0–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AK; AB; BC; NF; NS; YT; Greenland; Europe (Finland, Sweden, Norway); Atlantic Islands (Iceland)
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Discussion

Variety nootkatensis is common along the coast from southern Alaska, including the Aleutian Islands, southward to Vancouver Island, and is frequent in the coastal mountains. It is found occasionally inland to the Rocky Mountains, northward to Alaska and Yukon, but is rare in interior southern British Columbia. Variety nootkatensis is introduced in Newfoundland and Nova Scotia for restoration and is a garden escape in Greenland.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus nootkatensis
Sibling taxa
L. nootkatensis var. fruticosus
Synonyms L. albertensis, L. kiskensis, L. nootkatensis var. ethel-looffiae, L. nootkatensis var. henrylooffii, L. nootkatensis var. perlanatus, L. trifurcatus
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