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Anthony Peak lupine

nipomo mesa lupine

Habit Herbs, perennial, 2–5 dm, gray- to silvery-hairy. Herbs, annual, 1–2 dm, pubescent.
Stems

decumbent-erect, branched.

decumbent, branched.

Leaves

cauline;

stipules not leaflike, green to silvery, 10–12 mm;

petiole 1–2 cm;

leaflets 6 or 7, blades 15–25 × 3–7 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

cauline;

petiole 2–3 cm;

leaflets 5–7, blades 10–15 × 5–6 mm, adaxial surface pubescent.

Racemes

open, 4–20 cm;

flowers spirally arranged.

dense, 3–9 cm;

flowers spirally arranged, axillary flowers absent.

Peduncles

1–4 cm;

bracts semideciduous, 7–8 mm.

primary peduncles and lateral branches decumbent, 2–3.5 cm;

bracts usually persistent, 3–3.5 mm.

Pedicels

3–4 mm.

1–1.5 mm.

Flowers

12–14 mm;

calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 6–8 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–8 mm;

corolla white, banner patch turning tawny, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous, banner ovate, wings wide, covering keel tip.

6–7 mm;

calyx 4–5.5 mm, lobes ± equal, adaxial lobe deeply cleft;

corolla pink, banner spot white or yellowish, keel glabrous.

Legumes

2.5–3.5 cm, silky.

1.5–2 cm, pubescent or glabrate.

Cotyledons

deciduous, petiolate.

deciduous, petiolate.

Seeds

4 or 5, mottled brown, 7–11 mm.

3 or 4.

Lupinus antoninus

Lupinus nipomensis

Phenology Flowering Jun–Jul. Flowering winter–spring.
Habitat Open fir forests. Stabilized sand dunes.
Elevation ca. 2000 m. (ca. 6600 ft.) 0–30 m. (0–100 ft.)
Distribution
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Discussion

Lupinus antoninus is known only from the type locality on the southwestern slope of Anthony Peak in Mendocino County. The habit and pubescence resemble those of L. adsurgens, but the larger white flowers, the large seeds, and thick stems differentiate it morphologically. According to M. Conrad (1980), it also has different alkaloids. This taxon has not been seen since 1995 and may be extirpated.

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

Lupinus nipomensis is known only from the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes of southwestern San Luis Obispo County in the Central Coast, where it intergrades with L. concinnus.

Lupinus nipomensis is in the Center for Plant Conservation’s National Collection of Endangered Plants.

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

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus
Sibling taxa
L. adsurgens, L. affinis, L. albicaulis, L. albifrons, L. andersonii, L. angustiflorus, L. apertus, L. arboreus, L. arbustus, L. arcticus, L. argenteus, L. arizonicus, L. benthamii, L. bicolor, L. brevicaulis, L. breweri, L. cervinus, L. chamissonis, L. citrinus, L. concinnus, L. constancei, L. covillei, L. croceus, L. dalesiae, L. diffusus, L. duranii, L. elatus, L. elmeri, L. excubitus, L. flavoculatus, L. formosus, L. fulcratus, L. gracilentus, L. grayi, L. guadalupensis, L. havardii, L. hirsutissimus, L. huachucanus, L. hyacinthinus, L. kingii, L. kuschei, L. lapidicola, L. latifolius, L. lepidus, L. leucophyllus, L. littoralis, L. longifolius, L. ludovicianus, L. luteolus, L. magnificus, L. malacophyllus, L. microcarpus, L. nanus, L. neomexicanus, L. nevadensis, L. nipomensis, L. nootkatensis, L. obtusilobus, L. odoratus, L. onustus, L. oreganus, L. pachylobus, L. padrecrowleyi, L. peirsonii, L. perennis, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rivularis, L. sabineanus, L. sericatus, L. sericeus, L. shockleyi, L. sierrae-blancae, L. sparsiflorus, L. spectabilis, L. stiversii, L. subcarnosus, L. succulentus, L. sulphureus, L. texensis, L. tidestromii, L. tracyi, L. truncatus, L. uncialis, L. villosus, L. westianus
L. adsurgens, L. affinis, L. albicaulis, L. albifrons, L. andersonii, L. angustiflorus, L. antoninus, L. apertus, L. arboreus, L. arbustus, L. arcticus, L. argenteus, L. arizonicus, L. benthamii, L. bicolor, L. brevicaulis, L. breweri, L. cervinus, L. chamissonis, L. citrinus, L. concinnus, L. constancei, L. covillei, L. croceus, L. dalesiae, L. diffusus, L. duranii, L. elatus, L. elmeri, L. excubitus, L. flavoculatus, L. formosus, L. fulcratus, L. gracilentus, L. grayi, L. guadalupensis, L. havardii, L. hirsutissimus, L. huachucanus, L. hyacinthinus, L. kingii, L. kuschei, L. lapidicola, L. latifolius, L. lepidus, L. leucophyllus, L. littoralis, L. longifolius, L. ludovicianus, L. luteolus, L. magnificus, L. malacophyllus, L. microcarpus, L. nanus, L. neomexicanus, L. nevadensis, L. nootkatensis, L. obtusilobus, L. odoratus, L. onustus, L. oreganus, L. pachylobus, L. padrecrowleyi, L. peirsonii, L. perennis, L. polyphyllus, L. pratensis, L. pusillus, L. rivularis, L. sabineanus, L. sericatus, L. sericeus, L. shockleyi, L. sierrae-blancae, L. sparsiflorus, L. spectabilis, L. stiversii, L. subcarnosus, L. succulentus, L. sulphureus, L. texensis, L. tidestromii, L. tracyi, L. truncatus, L. uncialis, L. villosus, L. westianus
Synonyms L. adsurgens var. lilacinus
Name authority Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 3: 202. (1943) Eastwood: Leafl. W. Bot. 2: 187. (1939)
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