Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus apertus |
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desert lupine, purple desert lupine, Shockley lupine |
naked lupine, summit lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 0.4–3 dm, canescent, hairs 0.6–1 mm. | Herbs, perennial, 2–6 dm, green, puberulent to sparsely appressed-hairy. |
Stems | erect or ascending, very short, tufted or spreading, branched. |
erect, branched. |
Leaves | cauline, crowded near base; stipules well developed; petiole 2–9 cm; leaflets 7–11, blades 10–30 × 4–10 mm, adaxial surface glabrous. |
cauline; stipules 5–10 mm; petiole 2–5 cm; leaflets 7–9, blades 25–55 × 4–12 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
Racemes | several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
8–11 cm; flowers spirally arranged to whorled. |
Peduncles | 1–10 cm; bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm. |
1–8 cm; bracts deciduous, 3.5–5 mm. |
Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
3–6 mm. |
Flowers | 4.5–7 mm; calyx 3–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe cleft; corolla dark blue-purple or whitish with blue tip, banner spot white becoming yellow, keel blunt, glabrous. |
10–12 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 4.5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 3.5–6 mm; corolla usually purple, sometimes pink or white, banner patch usually white, banner hairy abaxially, keel glabrous. |
Legumes | undulate, 1.5–2 cm, not constricted between seeds, ciliate with long, dense hairs, sides with short, inflated hairs becoming scaly on drying. |
2–3 cm, hairy. |
Cotyledons | persistent, disclike, sessile. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 2, wrinkled. |
3 or 4, 5–6 mm. |
Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus apertus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). | Flowering Jun–Jul. |
Habitat | Dunes, sandy areas, washes, playas. | Dry, rocky soils. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 1500–3000 m. (4900–9800 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV
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CA; NV |
Discussion | Lupinus shockleyi occurs in the desert areas of southern California, adjacent areas of southern Nevada, and northwestern Arizona. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lupinus apertus is found in the northern High Sierra Nevada from Plumas to El Dorado counties in California and eastward to southwestern Washoe County, Nevada. Lupinus apertus can be differentiated from L. andersonii by its abaxial banner pubescence and from L. angustiflorus by its pale yellow to orange-yellow flowers. Lupinus apertus is reportedly toxic. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus |
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Synonyms | L. andersonii var. apertus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 470. (1887) | A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 8: 103, fig. 15. (1912) |
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