Lupinus sparsiflorus |
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Coulter's lupine, Mojave lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 1.5–4 dm, strigose, hairs short and appressed, also pilose, hairs long and spreading. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched or unbranched. |
Leaves | cauline; petiole (1–)3–7 cm; leaflets (5–)7–11, blades (7–)15–30(–45) × 2–5 mm, adaxial surface glabrous or pubescent, at least marginally. |
Racemes | 10–25 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
Peduncles | 2–4 cm; bracts usually deciduous, 3–5 mm, shorter than buds. |
Pedicels | 2–5 mm. |
Flowers | 10–12(–13) mm; calyx 3–6 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft; corolla usually blue, rarely pinkish, drying darker, banner spot whitish becoming magenta, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, upper margins often ciliate near claw. |
Legumes | 1–2 cm, coarsely pubescent. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 4 or 5. |
Lupinus sparsiflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). |
Habitat | Washes, sandy areas, chaparral, grasslands, coastal sage scrub, Joshua tree/mesquite woodlands, creosote bush scrub. |
Elevation | 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; NV; UT; Mexico (Baja California, Baja California Sur, Sonora)
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Discussion | Plants from the Mojave Desert often have smaller flowers and have been named subsp. mohavensis, and those from western San Diego County with pinkish flowers and truncate leaflets have been named var. inopinatus. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus |
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Synonyms | L. pondii, L. sparsiflorus subsp. inopinatus, L. sparsiflorus var. inopinatus, L. sparsiflorus subsp. mohavensis, L. sparsiflorus var. mohavensis, L. sparsiflorus var. pondii |
Name authority | Bentham: Pl. Hartw., 303. (1849) |
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