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Habit Herbs or subshrubs, herbaceous toward base, 2–5 dm, usually silver-hairy.
Leaves

silver-hairy;

petiole 4–15 cm.

Racemes

14–40 cm.

Inflorescence

bracts 8–9 mm.

Flowers

14–18 mm.

Lupinus albifrons var. austromontanus

Phenology Flowering May–Jul.
Habitat Dry slopes, upper chaparral and yellow pine forests.
Elevation 1000–3000 m. (3300–9800 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (n Baja California)
Discussion

Variety austromontanus is known from the Tehachapi Mountains southward to northern Baja California.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus albifrons
Sibling taxa
L. albifrons var. abramsii, L. albifrons var. albifrons, L. albifrons var. collinus, L. albifrons var. douglasii, L. albifrons var. hallii, L. albifrons var. johnstonii, L. albifrons var. medius
Synonyms L. austromontanus, L. excubitus subsp. austromontanus, L. excubitus var. austromontanus
Name authority Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 252. (1936)
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