Flora of North America species comparison

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Lupinus spectabilis

shaggyhair lupine
Habit Herbs, annual, 2–6 dm, densely hairy, hairs to 3.5 mm.
Stems

erect, branched or unbranched.
Leaves

cauline;

petiole 4–9 cm;

leaflets usually 9, blades 10–40 × 4–9 mm, adaxial surface villous to pilose.
Racemes

10–40 cm;

flowers whorled.
Peduncles

5–12 cm;

bracts usually deciduous, 8–9 mm.
Pedicels

6–8 mm.
Flowers

11–17 mm;

calyx 4–7 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe cleft;

corolla usually blue, rarely white, banner spot white, upper keel margins ciliate near apex, banner as wide as or wider than long.
Legumes

3–5 × 0.8–1 cm, densely pubescent.
Cotyledons

deciduous, petiolate.
Seeds

5–10.

Lupinus spectabilis
Phenology Flowering spring (Apr–May).
Habitat Serpentine outcrops, chaparral, foothill woodlands.
Elevation 200–900 m. (700–3000 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
[BONAP county map]
Discussion

Lupinus spectabilis is known from the central Sierra Nevada foothills in Mariposa and Tuolumne counties; it intergrades with L. nanus.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus
Sibling taxa
L. adsurgens, L. affinis, L. albicaulis, L. albifrons, L. andersonii, L. angustiflorus, L. antoninus, L. apertus, L. arboreus, L. arbustus, L. arcticus, L. argenteus, L. arizonicus, L. benthamii, L. bicolor, L. brevicaulis, L. breweri, L. cervinus, L. chamissonis, L. citrinus, L. concinnus, L. constancei, L. covillei, L. croceus, L. dalesiae, L. diffusus, L. duranii, L. elatus, L. elmeri, L. excubitus, L. flavoculatus, L. formosus, L. fulcratus, L. gracilentus, L. grayi, L. guadalupensis, L. havardii, L. hirsutissimus, L. huachucanus, L. hyacinthinus, L. kingii, L. kuschei, L. lapidicola, L. latifolius, L. lepidus, L. leucophyllus, L. littoralis, L. longifolius, L. ludovicianus, L. luteolus, L. magnificus, L. malacophyllus, L. microcarpus, L. nanus, L. neomexicanus, L. nevadensis, L. nipomensis, L. nootkatensis, L. obtusilobus, L. odoratus, L. onustus, L. oreganus, L. pachylobus, L. padrecrowleyi, L. peirsonii, L. perennis, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rivularis, L. sabineanus, L. sericatus, L. sericeus, L. shockleyi, L. sierrae-blancae, L. sparsiflorus, L. stiversii, L. subcarnosus, L. succulentus, L. sulphureus, L. texensis, L. tidestromii, L. tracyi, L. truncatus, L. uncialis, L. villosus, L. westianus
Synonyms L. nanus var. perlasius
Name authority Hoover: Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 131. (1938)
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