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Origin:
Native
Life Cycle:
Annual Similar Species: Lupinus kingii var. argillaceus, L. concinnus, L. brevicaulis, L. pusillus
General Desc:
Taproot; stems branched near the base erect or widely spreading. Stems, leaves and sepals covered with soft silky hair. Leaf petioles attach to stem nodes.
Identification notes: A low, copiously hairy, stemmed annual; palmately compound leaves attach to the stems, at least 2 nodes above the base of the plant; purple pea-flowers in dense clusters, upper and lower lips of the sepals are of similar length. Pods with 2 seeds.
Height:
2 to 8 inches
Habitat Description: Found in dry, open habitats in ponderosa pine forests and oak-pine and pinyon-juniper woodlands.
Plant Communities:
Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest
Elevation: 5000 - 8500 feet
Color:
Purple or blue and white
Shape:
Irregular in elongated clusters
Tubular:
Y
Flowering Period:
Jun - Sep
Description:
Flowers 2-lipped, upper lip is a banner and lower lip consists of wings and keel in short dense spikes, flowers mature bottom up; sepals (calyx) green or purple, 1/2 inch long with straight stiff hairs. Wide upper banner petal white or yellow centered.
Leaf Color:
Green
Leaf Type:
Compound
Leaf Shape:
Palmate
Leaf Margin:
Smooth
Leaf Attachment:
Alternate
Leaves Clasp:
N
Hairs:
Leaves and stems
Spines:
N
Leaf Description:
Mostly alternate along hairy stems, plus a few in a basal cluster in dense mats; hairy leaflets joined in the middle (palmately compound), on 1/8 inch stems (petioles), 4 to 7 leaflets per leaf; leaflets 1/8 inch long, narrowing at attachment point.
Fruit Type: Pod
Fruit Notes: With long, soft, hair on pods about half inch long, slightly flattened, ovate, not constricted between the seeds.
Seed Notes: 2 seeds per pod.
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