Thermopsis californica var. semota |
Thermopsis californica var. californica |
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California goldenbanner, velvety false-lupine |
California goldenbanner |
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Habit | Herbs 3–5(–6) dm, densely silvery-tomentose. | Herbs 3–8(–9) dm, sparsely to densely tomentose or villous. |
Branches | moderately to strongly zigzag. |
weakly to moderately zigzag. |
Leaves | stipules ovate to lanceolate, 1.5–5.5 × 0.7–2.4 cm, base cuneate to cordate; petiole 1–2 cm; leaflet blades elliptic to narrowly so, 3–6.5(–7.5) × 1.2–3.5(–3.8) cm, apex acute to obtuse, short-mucronate. |
stipules widely to narrowly ovate, 2.5–6.5 × 1.5–5 cm, base cuneate to amplexicaul; petiole 1.5–3.5 cm; leaflet blades elliptic to obovate or rhombic, 3.5–7(–9) × 2–4(–4.5) cm, apex obtuse to acute. |
Racemes | 10–30-flowered, 7–20(–30) cm. |
12–40-flowered, 10–30(–35) cm. |
Peduncles | 2–6(–9) cm; bracts ovate to nearly lanceolate, 6–11 × 3.5–6 mm. |
(4–)6–10 cm; bracts widely ovate to nearly lanceolate, 6–15(–30) × 3–15(–20) mm. |
Flowers | calyx 5–8(–9) × 5–8 mm at limb, lobes 3–5 mm; petals: banner shallowly emarginate or short-mucronate, wings and keel oblong-elliptic; ovules 5–7. |
calyx 5–8(–9) × 6–9 mm at limb, lobes 2.5–5 mm; wing and keel petals oblong-elliptic; ovules 5–8. |
Legumes | 2–4 × 0.6–0.7 cm. |
3–5.5 × 0.6–0.7 cm. |
Seeds | 1 or 2 (fully matured not seen). |
3–5(–10), 4 × 2.8 mm. |
Thermopsis californica var. semota |
Thermopsis californica var. californica |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. | Flowering May–Jun. |
Habitat | Grassy oak woodlands. | Chaparral. |
Elevation | 1000–1500 m. (3300–4900 ft.) | 0–1000 m. (0–3300 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA |
CA |
Discussion | Variety semota is restricted to interior portions of San Diego County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Variety californica is the more commonly encountered and more variable taxon of the Thermopsis californica complex. It is distinguished from vars. argentata and semota by its larger habit, broader stipules and bracts, and sparsely to densely tomentose vestiture. Variety californica occurs in coastal regions of central California, mostly in chaparral. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | T. macrophylla var. semota, T. macrophylla subsp. semota | |
Name authority | (Jepson) C. J. Chen & B. L. Turner: Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 81: 722. (1994) | unknown |
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