Herbs, perennial, 2–9 dm, strigose to shaggy-pubescent. Cotyledons deciduous, petio­late. Stems erect, clustered, unbranched or branched. Leaves cauline, yellow-green; stipules 12–30 mm; proximal petioles 5–10 cm, distal ones 2 cm; leaflets 4–9, blades 30–110 × 5–11 mm, adaxial surface villous, hairs greater than 1 mm. Peduncles 2–6 cm; bracts persistent, 7–15 mm. Racemes 2–6 cm, usually exceeding leaves; flowers spirally arranged or whorled. Pedicels 2–5 mm. Flowers 10–14 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe entire or 3-toothed, 6–11 mm, adaxial lobe 2-toothed, 6–8 mm; corolla light blue, banner patch yellow, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin sparsely ciliate ± middle to tip. Legumes 2.5–4 cm, woolly. Seeds 4–6, beige, mottled dark, 3–4 mm.

Phenology: Flowering Jul–Sep.
Habitat: Depressions, meadow edges, moist, rocky slopes, subalpine forests.
Elevation: 2500–3500 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Lupinus covillei is known from Tuolumne County southward to Tulare County and eastward into Mono County.

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