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harlequin annual lupine, harlequin lupine

Lassics lupine, lassicus lupine, The Lassics lupine

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

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
from FNA
CA
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from FNA
CA
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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
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. spectabilis, L. subcarnosus, L. succulentus, L. sulphureus, L. texensis, L. tidestromii, L. tracyi, L. truncatus, L. uncialis, L. villosus, L. westianus
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. 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. spectabilis, L. stiversii, L. subcarnosus, L. succulentus, L. sulphureus, L. texensis, L. tidestromii, L. tracyi, L. truncatus, L. uncialis, L. villosus, L. westianus
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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