Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus villosus |
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blunt-leaf lupine, collared annual lupine |
lady lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 2–5(–8) dm, finely pubescent, appearing glabrous. | Herbs, usually annual, sometimes biennial, robust, 2–6 dm, spreading, hairs long, shaggy, silver or tawny. |
Stems | ascending or erect, branched or unbranched. |
sprawling or ascending, clustered, 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. |
basal; stipules conspicuous, 20–30 mm; petiole 3.5–9.5 cm; leaflet 1, blades 150–270 × 12–33 mm, surfaces sericeous or abaxially thinly pubescent. |
Racemes | 6–35 cm; flowers loosely spirally arranged. |
11–25 cm; flowers whorled or spirally arranged. |
Peduncles | 3–10 cm; bracts persistent, 2–5 mm. |
7–9 cm; bracts deciduous, 6–15 mm. |
Pedicels | 2–4 mm. |
2–4 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. |
10–14 mm; calyx abaxial lobe entire, 10–11 mm, adaxial lobe entire, 7–9 mm; corolla lilac to reddish purple or pink, banner spot maroon, glabrous. |
Legumes | ±3 cm, pubescent. |
(1.5–)2.5–4 cm, shaggy-villous. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 6–8. |
2–4. |
2n | = 52. |
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Lupinus truncatus |
Lupinus villosus |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (Mar–May). | Flowering Mar–Apr. |
Habitat | Openings in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, oak woodlands, burned areas. | Sandhills, open woods. |
Elevation | 0–1200 m. (0–3900 ft.) | 0–50 m. (0–200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC
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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.) |
In Florida, Lupinus villosus reaches as far south as Polk County. Lupinus villosus is of conservation concern in North Carolina. (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 | ||
Name authority | Nuttall ex Hooker & Arnott: Bot. Beechey Voy., 336. (1838) | Willdenow: Sp. Pl. 3: 1029. (1802) |
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