Lupinus stiversii |
Lupinus constancei |
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harlequin annual lupine, harlequin lupine |
Lassics lupine, lassicus lupine, The Lassics lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 1–5 dm, sparsely pubescent. | Herbs, perennial, less than 1.5 dm, matted, long-shaggy-hairy. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched near middle. |
± prostrate, branched. |
Leaves | cauline; petioles 2–8 cm; leaflets usually 7, blades bright green, 20–50 × 5–15 mm, adaxial surface sparsely pubescent. |
cauline, clustered near base; stipules less than 6 mm; petiole 6–8(–14) cm; leaflets 6 or 7, blades 10–20 × 8–10 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. |
Racemes | dense, 5–10 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
dense, 3–5 cm, usually exceeding leaves; flowers whorled. |
Peduncles | 8–18 cm; bracts tardily deciduous, 3–5 mm. |
1.5–4 cm; bracts deciduous, 2.5–3 mm. |
Pedicels | 1.5–4 mm. |
1–4 mm. |
Flowers | 13–18 mm; calyx abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 4–6 mm; corolla banner yellow, wings usually pink, rarely white, keel white, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle. |
8–12 mm, in 5–12 whorls; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 4–5 mm; corolla pink, banner patch light yellow, keel dark rose, white at claw, banner glabrous abaxially, strongly reflexed, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate. |
Legumes | 2 cm, glabrous or glabrate. |
1.5–2.5 cm, shaggy. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | usually 5. |
3–5, tan. |
Lupinus stiversii |
Lupinus constancei |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring (Apr–Jul). | Flowering Jul. |
Habitat | Clearings, open areas, chaparral, oak woodlands, yellow pine forest. | Serpentine barrens in openings of lower montane conifer forests. |
Elevation | 100–2200 m. (300–7200 ft.) | 1500–2000 m. (4900–6600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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CA |
Discussion | Lupinus stiversii is found in the Sierra Nevada, the northern portion of Southern Coast Ranges (Monterey County), the San Gabriel Mountains, and the San Bernardino Mountains. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lupinus constancei is known from only two populations in the Lassics Range (Inner North Coast Range) in southeastern Humboldt and northwestern Trinity counties. (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. lepidus var. constancei | |
Name authority | Kellogg: Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 192, fig. 58. (1863) — (as stiverii) | T. W. Nelson & J. P. Nelson: Brittonia 35: 180, fig. 1. (1983) |
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