Lupinus cervinus
Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 229, fig. 73. 1863.
Herbs, perennial, 1.5–3 dm, gray-green, spreading-hairy. Cotyledons deciduous, petiolate. Stems erect, clustered, unbranched. Leaves cauline, clustered near base; stipules 5–6 mm; petiole 13–15 cm; leaflets 4–8, blades 40–80 × 10–30 mm, adaxial surface long spreading-hairy. Peduncles 13–20 cm; bracts deciduous, 3–4 mm. Racemes open, to 20 cm; flowers whorled or spirally arranged. Pedicels 3–6 mm. Flowers 14–16 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 8–10 mm, adaxial lobe entire or 2-toothed, 6–7 mm; corolla light blue, pink, or pale yellow, often drying straw-colored, banner patch yellow, banner ± hairy abaxially, lower keel margins ciliate near claw, adaxial margin ciliate throughout. Legumes 3–6 cm, silky. Seeds 4–8, light brown with brown line or mottled tan, 2–4 mm.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Dry sites in forests, broad-leaved upland forests, chaparral, lower montane coniferous forests.
Elevation: 300–1500 m.
Distribution
Calif.
Discussion
Lupinus cervinus is known from the Santa Lucia Mountains in Monterey and San Luis Obispo counties.
Selected References
None.