Herbs, perennial, 0.5–1.2 dm, robust, tufted, shaggy. Cotyle­dons deciduous, petiolate. Stems erect, branched. Leaves basal; stipules 6–11 mm; petiole (2–)3–6(–8) cm; leaflets 5–8, blades 5–20 × 5–8 mm, adaxial surface pubescent. Peduncles 3–7 cm; bracts ± deciduous, 4–5 mm. Racemes crowded, 2–6 cm; flowers whorled. Pedicels (2–)4–5 mm. Flowers 8–11 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe ± entire, 6–7 mm, adaxial lobe deeply 2-toothed, 5–7 mm; corolla violet, banner patch cream or white, keel ± straight, banner glabrous abaxially, lower keel margins glabrous, adaxial margin usually glabrous. Legumes 1–2 cm, appressed-villous. Seeds 3–5, white.

Phenology: Flowering May–Aug.
Habitat: Dry volcanic pumice, gravel, Great Basin scrub, subalpine and montane coniferous forests.
Elevation: 2000–3000 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Lupinus duranii is known only from the eastern Sierra Nevada in Mono County. Reports of it from Madera County are questionable.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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