Lupinus peirsonii |
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long lupine, Peirson's lupine |
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Habit | Herbs, perennial, 3–6 dm, silver-silky. |
Stems | erect, branched from just above ground. |
Leaves | cauline, clustered at base, ± fleshy; stipules 15–20 mm; petiole 2–15 cm; leaflets 5–8, blades widely oblanceolate, 25–70 × 10–30 mm, surfaces silver-silky. |
Racemes | 1–1.5 cm; flowers ± whorled. |
Peduncles | 1–2.5 cm; bracts deciduous, 5–7 mm. |
Pedicels | 1–2 mm. |
Flowers | 10–12 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire, 5–7 mm, adaxial lobe obscurely 2-toothed, 4–6 mm; corolla yellow, banner usually hairy abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin ciliate middle to tip. |
Legumes | 3–4 cm, silky. |
Cotyledons | deciduous, petiolate. |
Seeds | 3–5. |
Lupinus peirsonii |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jun. |
Habitat | Gravelly or rocky areas, Joshua tree woodland, montane coniferous forests, pinyon and juniper woodlands. |
Elevation | 1000–2500 m. (3300–8200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA
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Discussion | Lupinus peirsonii is known only from the San Gabriel Mountains in Los Angeles County. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. |
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Name authority | H. Mason: Madroño 1: 187. (1928) — (as peirsoni) |
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