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Bingen lupine

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sulphur lupine

Leaves

leaflet blade surfaces ± equally strigulose or sericeous.

leaflet blade surfaces abaxially hairy-strigulose, adaxially strigose-silky to sparsely hairy or glabrous.

Racemes

7–10(–11) cm.

(5–)12–20 cm.

Peduncles

3–5 cm.

Corollas

usually blue or purplish, rarely white, banner patch none or white.

usually pale sulfur yellow, sometimes white to bluish.

2n

= 48.

= 48.

Lupinus sulphureus var. bingenensis

Lupinus sulphureus var. sulphureus

Phenology Flowering Apr–Aug.
Habitat Prairies, sagebrush scrub, open conifer forests.
Elevation 50–3000 m. (200–9800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
ID; MT; OR; WA; BC
Discussion

Variety bingenensis is known from east of the Cascades in Oregon (along the Columbia River and in the Blue Mountains) and Washington, in south-central British Columbia from north of Obsidian and slightly eastward to the Webber Creek area (Olalla to Quilenchena), and eastward to Idaho and Montana. It is of conservation concern in British Columbia.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Flowers Apr–Aug. Prairies, sagebrush scrub, open conifer forests; 50–3000 m; B.C.; Idaho, Mont., Oreg., Wash.

Variety sulphureus is known from British Columbia southward along the eastern edge of the Cascades in Washington and northeastern Oregon, eastward to Idaho and Montana. It may be found along the Columbia River to the Willamette River Valley and into southwestern Washington.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus sulphureus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus sulphureus
Sibling taxa
L. sulphureus var. sulphureus
L. sulphureus var. bingenensis
Synonyms L. bingenensis, L. bingenensis var. albus, L. bingenensis var. dubius, L. bingenensis var. roseus, L. bingenensis var. subsaccatus, L. leucopsis var. bingenensis, L. leucopsis var. dubius, L. leucopsis var. hendersonianus, L. leucopsis var. mollis, L. leucopsis var. shermanensis, L. mollis, L. ostiofluminis, L. sericeus var. egglestonianus, L. sulphureus subsp. subsaccatus, L. sulphureus var. subsaccatus L. sulphureus var. applegateianus, L. sulphureus var. echlerianus
Name authority (Suksdorf) Gandhi & Vincent: Phytoneuron 2019-41: 2. (2019) unknown
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