Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus gracilentus |
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desert lupine, purple desert lupine, Shockley lupine |
green slender lupine, slender lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 0.4–3 dm, canescent, hairs 0.6–1 mm. | Herbs, perennial, 2–8 dm, green, puberulent to hairy. |
Stems | erect or ascending, very short, tufted or spreading, branched. |
erect or slightly spreading, clustered, unbranched or branched distally. |
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 10–15 mm; proximal petioles (3–)5–14 cm, distal ones (1–)2–4 cm; leaflets 5–8, blades 35–80 × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
Racemes | several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
6–20 cm; flowers in 4–8 distinct whorls. |
Peduncles | 1–10 cm; bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm. |
6–12 cm; bracts semideciduous, 4–10 mm. |
Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
2–4 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. |
8–18 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 2 or 3-toothed or entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 7 mm; corolla blue, banner patch white to yellowish, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial keel sparsely ciliate. |
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, densely hairy. |
Cotyledons | persistent, disclike, sessile. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 2, wrinkled. |
6–8. |
Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus gracilentus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). | Flowering Jul–Sep. |
Habitat | Dunes, sandy areas, washes, playas. | Open moist sites, subalpine forests. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 2500–3500 m. (8200–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV
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CA |
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 gracilentus is known from the southern Sierra Nevada (Rock Creek) in Inyo and Mono counties northward to Yosemite National Park. (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 |
Sibling taxa | ||
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 470. (1887) | Greene: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 44: 365. (1893) |
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