Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus hirsutissimus |
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blunt-leaf lupine, collared annual lupine |
stinging annual lupine, stinging lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 2–5(–8) dm, finely pubescent, appearing glabrous. | Herbs, annual, 2–10 dm, with short, appressed, stiff, pustulate, stinging hairs to 3.5 mm. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched or unbranched. |
ascending or erect, 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; petiole 4–9 cm; leaflets 5–8, blades 20–50 × 10–20 mm, adaxial surface hirsute. |
Racemes | 6–35 cm; flowers loosely spirally arranged. |
15–40 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
Peduncles | 3–10 cm; bracts persistent, 2–5 mm. |
5–8 cm; bracts usually persistent, 4–5 mm. |
Pedicels | 2–4 mm. |
2–5 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. |
12–18 mm; calyx 6–10 mm, lobes ± equal, abaxial lobe entire, adaxial lobe deeply cleft; corolla deep pink to magenta, drying purplish, banner spot white becoming magenta, lower keel margins densely ciliate from middle to near claw. |
Legumes | ±3 cm, pubescent. |
2–4 cm, coarsely hairy. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 6–8. |
3–6. |
Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus hirsutissimus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering spring. |
Habitat | Openings in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, burned areas. | Dry, rocky areas, burns. |
Elevation | 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.) | 0–1400 m. (0–4600 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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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 hirsutissimus occurs in the central and southern coast regions into the adjacent mountains and Channel Islands. Plants are often greater than one meter in height after fires. (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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Name authority | Nuttall ex Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 336. (1838) | Bentham: Trans. Hort. Soc. London, ser. 2, 1: 411. (1835) |
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