Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus lapidicola |
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desert lupine, purple desert lupine, Shockley lupine |
Heller's Mount Eddy lupine, Mount Eddy lupine, Mt. Eddy lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 0.4–3 dm, canescent, hairs 0.6–1 mm. | Herbs, perennial, less than 1 dm, silver-silky. |
Stems | erect or ascending, very short, tufted or spreading, branched. |
± prostrate or ascending, 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. |
basal (clustered near base); stipules 4–5 mm; petiole 2–4.5 cm; leaflets 6–8, blades 10–20 × 2–4 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
Racemes | several–many-flowered, 3–14 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
2–7 cm; flowers in few whorls, widely separated. |
Peduncles | 1–10 cm; bracts persistent, straight, 2–4 mm. |
5–10 cm; bracts usually deciduous, 4–5 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. |
9–12 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe obscurely 3-toothed, 5–6 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm; corolla ± violet, banner patch yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin 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, pilose. |
Cotyledons | persistent, disclike, sessile. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 2, wrinkled. |
1 or 2. |
Lupinus shockleyi |
Lupinus lapidicola |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Apr–Jun). | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Dunes, sandy areas, washes, playas. | Dry, granite gravel, yellow pine and subalpine forests, granitic or serpentine soils. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) | 1500–3000 m. (4900–9800 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 lapidicola is relatively rare and is known only from the Klamath Ranges in northwestern California. (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) | A. Heller: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 306. (1924) |
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