Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus texensis |
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blunt-leaf lupine, collared annual lupine |
Texas bluebonnet, Texas lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 2–5(–8) dm, finely pubescent, appearing glabrous. | Herbs, annual, 1.5–4 dm, pubescent, hair appressed or ascending. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched or unbranched. |
ascending or erect, branched. |
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; petiole 2–6 cm; leaflets 5 or 6(or 7), blades 10–25 × 6–12 mm, adaxial surface glabrous. |
Racemes | 6–35 cm; flowers loosely spirally arranged. |
2–12 cm; flowers spirally arranged. |
Peduncles | 3–10 cm; bracts persistent, 2–5 mm. |
3–6 cm; bracts deciduous, 2–3 mm. |
Pedicels | 2–4 mm. |
4–6 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. |
10–13 mm; calyx 6–8 mm, abaxial lobe entire or cleft, 4–5 mm, adaxial lobe cleft, 2–3 mm, hairs silvery; corolla usually dark blue, rarely white, banner spot bright white, keel glabrous, wings flat. |
Legumes | ±3 cm, pubescent. |
2.5–3.5 cm, white silky-villous. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 6–8. |
4 or 5. |
2n | = 36. |
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Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus texensis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering spring–summer. |
Habitat | Openings in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, burned areas. | Prairies, open fields, pastures, roadsides. |
Elevation | 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.) | 0–600 m. (0–2000 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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FL; LA; OK; TX; Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo Léon, Tamaulipas)
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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 texensis is introduced in Florida in Alachua and Pinellas counties. In Texas, it is widespread in the southern two-thirds of the state. (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) | Hooker: Bot. Mag. 63: plate 3492. (1836) |
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