Lupinus uncialis |
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inch high lupine, lilliput lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, annual, 0.1–0.2 dm, pilose. |
Stems | very short, densely tufted, branched. |
Leaves | cauline, densely tufted or crowded near base; free blades of stipules reduced, 1 mm; petiole 0.4–1.5 cm; leaflets (3 or)5, blades 2–7 × 1–1.5 mm, adaxial surface villous. |
Racemes | flowers solitary or paired, axillary. |
Peduncles | 1.5–4 mm; bracts persistent, 1 mm. |
Pedicels | 1 mm. |
Flowers | 4–5 mm; calyx 2.5–3 mm, abaxial lobe shallowly cleft, 2–2.5 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 0.5–1 mm; corolla banner white, wings and keel purplish, keel glabrous. |
Legumes | 0.6–1 cm, pilose. |
Cotyledons | persistent, disclike, sessile. |
Seeds | 1 or 2. |
Lupinus uncialis |
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Phenology | Flowering spring (May–Jun). |
Habitat | Open areas, barrens, talus in sagebrush and pinyon-juniper woodlands, on limestone, rhyolite, volcanic ash and sinter around hot springs. |
Elevation | 1400–2400 m. (4600–7900 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA; ID; NV; OR
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Discussion | Lupinus uncialis occurs in the Great Basin of Nevada and extends into California, Idaho, and Oregon. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
Parent taxa | Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus |
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Synonyms | L. uncialis var. cryptanthus |
Name authority | S. Watson: Botany (Fortieth Parallel), 54, plate 7, figs. 5–10. (1871) |
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