Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus flavoculatus |
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blunt-leaf lupine, collared annual lupine |
yellow-eyed lupine, yelloweyes |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 2–5(–8) dm, finely pubescent, appearing glabrous. | Herbs, annual, 0.5–2 dm, pubescent, hairs more than 1 mm. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched or unbranched. |
short, erect or spreading, branched or unbranched. |
Leaves | cauline; petiole flattened and leafletlike, 3–10 cm; leaflets 5–8, blades 20–40 × 2–5 mm, apex usually truncate, adaxial surface glabrous. |
cauline, crowded near base; stipules well developed; petiole 2–8 cm; leaflets 7–9, blades 10–20 × 5–8 mm, adaxial surface glabrous. |
Racemes | 6–35 cm; flowers loosely spirally arranged. |
elongate, dense, several–many-flowered, 2–12 cm, usually exceeding leaves; flowers spirally arranged. |
Peduncles | 3–10 cm; bracts persistent, 2–5 mm. |
3–5(–10 in fruit) cm; bracts persistent, straight, 2–3 mm. |
Pedicels | 2–4 mm. |
1–3 mm. |
Flowers | 8–13 mm; calyx 3–4 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire or shallowly cleft, 2.5–3 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 1.5–2 mm; corolla banner and wings magenta, banner spot white or yellowish, becoming dark magenta, keel stout, blunt, lower and upper margins ciliate from claw to middle. |
7–10 mm; calyx abaxial lobe shallowly cleft, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe deeply cleft, 1–3 mm, less than 1/2 as long as abaxial; corolla bright blue, banner spot yellow, keel blunt, glabrous. |
Legumes | ±3 cm, pubescent. |
not obviously undulate, ovoid, often secund, 0.5–1 cm, adaxial margin not constricted between seeds, thinly pilose to coarsely hirsute. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
persistent, disclike, sessile. |
Seeds | 6–8. |
2–4, ridged. |
Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus flavoculatus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Openings in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, burned areas. | Sandy or gravelly desert areas. |
Elevation | 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.) | 600–2300 m. (2000–7500 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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AZ; CA; NV; UT
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Discussion | Lupinus truncatus is known in the flora area from San Cruz County southward in the Central and South Coast regions; the South Coast, Transverse, and Peninsular ranges; and the Channel Islands. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Lupinus flavoculatus is known from the Inyo and White mountains region of California, southern Nevada, Washington County, Utah, and Mohave County, Arizona. It resembles a hairy form of L. odoratus. (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 | ||
Synonyms | L. rubens var. flavoculatus | |
Name authority | Nuttall ex Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 336. (1838) | A. Heller: Muhlenbergia 5: 149, plate 5. (1909) |
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