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Abrams' lupine

Habit Herbs or subshrubs, herbaceous toward base, 2–5 dm, usually silver-hairy. Subshrubs or shrubs, 2–10 dm, woolly to shaggy.
Leaves

silver-hairy;

petiole 4–15 cm.

silver-hairy;

petiole 3–5 cm.

Racemes

14–40 cm.

15–25 cm.

Inflorescence

bracts 8–9 mm.

bracts 10–15 mm.

Flowers

14–18 mm.

11–16 mm.

Lupinus albifrons var. austromontanus

Lupinus albifrons var. abramsii

Phenology Flowering May–Jul. Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat Dry slopes, upper chaparral and yellow pine forests. Open woodlands.
Elevation 1000–3000 m. (3300–9800 ft.) 600–2000 m. (2000–6600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (n Baja California)
from FNA
CA
Discussion

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

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

Variety abramsii is known only from the Santa Lucia Mountains of Monterey County.

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

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus albifrons 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
L. albifrons var. albifrons, L. albifrons var. austromontanus, 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 L. abramsii
Name authority Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 252. (1936) (C. P. Smith) Hoover: Leafl. W. Bot. 10: 348. (1966)
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