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Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei
Photo is of parent taxon

Burke's lupine, large-leaf lupine, many-leaf lupine
Habit Herbs 5.5–12 dm, caudex branched, subterranean.
Stems

erect, often hollow, coarse.
Leaflets

(5–)7–11, largest blade 35–100 mm, surfaces abaxially sometimes sparsely hairy, adaxially glabrous.
Flowers

upper keel margins glabrous, rarely ciliolate.
2n

= 48.

Lupinus polyphyllus var. burkei
Phenology Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat Wet places in mountains.
Elevation 900–3000 m. (3000–9800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; ID; NV; OR; WA; WY; BC
Discussion

Variety burkei is known from southern British Columbia southward to the Transverse Ranges in southern California and eastward to western Montana and northwestern Wyoming.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus polyphyllus
Sibling taxa
L. polyphyllus var. ammophilus, L. polyphyllus var. humicola, L. polyphyllus var. polyphyllus, L. polyphyllus var. prunophilus, L. polyphyllus var. saxosus
Synonyms L. burkei, L. bernardinus, L. burkei var. caerulemontanus, L. elongatus, L. perglaber, L. piperitus, L. piperitus var. sparsipilosus, L. polyphyllus subsp. bernardinus, L. polyphyllus subsp. superbus, L. procerus, L. superbus var. bernardinus, L. superbus var. elongatus
Name authority (S. Watson) C. L. Hitchcock in C. L. Hitchcock et al.: Vasc. Pl. Pacif. N.W. 3: 321. (1961)
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