The green links below add additional plants to the comparison table. Blue links lead to other Web sites.
enable glossary links
Photo is of parent taxon
Habit Shrubs, 5–16 dm, greenish hairy.
Leaves

silky-pubescent;

petiole 2.5–4.5 cm.

Racemes

to 40 cm.

Inflorescence

bracts 6.5–8 mm.

Flowers

14–18 mm.

Lupinus albifrons var. hallii

Phenology Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat Gravelly and sandy washes, coastal sagebrush scrub, chaparral.
Elevation 0–1500 m. (0–4900 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion

Variety hallii is known from San Bernardino and Ventura counties southward to northern Baja California. Lupinus paynei is considered distinct by D. I. Huang and E. A. Friar (2011) based on molecular data.

(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. austromontanus, L. albifrons var. collinus, L. albifrons var. douglasii, L. albifrons var. johnstonii, L. albifrons var. medius
Synonyms L. hallii, L. excubitus var. hallii, L. hallii, L. paynei
Name authority (Abrams) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 252. (1936)
Web links