Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus hyacinthinus |
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desert lupine, purple desert lupine, Shockley lupine |
hyacinth lupine, San Jacinto lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 0.4–3 dm, canescent, hairs 0.6–1 mm. | Herbs, perennial, 4–10 dm, gray becoming green, sparsely hairy. |
Stems | erect or ascending, very short, tufted or spreading, branched. |
erect, 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 not leaflike, green to silvery, 5–16 mm; petiole 3–6 cm; leaflets 7–12, blades 30–80 × 4–8 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent. |
Racemes | several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
4–22 cm; flowers ± whorled. |
Peduncles | 1–10 cm; bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm. |
3–12 cm; bracts deciduous, 5–9 mm. |
Pedicels | 1–4 mm. |
2–6 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. |
13–16 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 7–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–10 mm; corolla light blue to purple, banner patch yellowish to white, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip. |
Legumes | undulate, 1.5–2 cm, not constricted between seeds, ciliate with long, dense hairs, sides with short, inflated hairs becoming scaly on drying. |
3–4 cm, silky. |
Cotyledons | persistent, disclike, sessile. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 2, wrinkled. |
3–7, beige, speckled brown, 4–6 mm. |
Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus hyacinthinus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). | Flowering Jun–Aug. |
Habitat | Dunes, sandy areas, washes, playas. | Dry slopes, under yellow pines and white fir. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 2000–3500 m. (6600–11500 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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 hyacinthinus is found in southern California in the San Gabriel, San Jacinto, and Santa Rosa mountains and on the Sierra San Pedro Mártir in Baja California. It is distinguished from its close relatives by its larger flowers in combination with green (versus gray or dull green) leaves. (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. albicaulis var. hyacinthinus, L. andersonii var. sublinearis, L. formosus var. hyacinthinus | |
Name authority | S. Watson: Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 470. (1887) | Greene: Leafl. Bot. Observ. Crit. 2: 85. (1910) |
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