Herbs, biennial or perennial, 3–5 dm, hairs short-appressed, velvety to shaggy. Cotyledons deciduous, petiolate. Stems spreading-ascending, clustered, robust, branched or unbranched. Leaves cauline; stipules abortive or early deciduous (occurring only on very new growth), 9–15 mm; petiole 2–3.5 cm; leaflet 1, blades 30–70 × 15–25 mm, surfaces short-appressed, velvety to satiny sericeous. Peduncles 2.5–6.5 cm; bracts deciduous, 4–7 mm. Racemes 4–25 cm; flowers whorled. Pedicels 4–6 mm. Flowers 11–14 mm; calyx abaxial lobe ovate, 2-lobed, 8–12 mm, adaxial lobe lanceolate, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, 5–10 mm; corolla pink or rose to blue, banner spot maroon to dark blue, banner glabrous abaxially, keel glabrous. Legumes 1.5–2.5 cm, villous. Seeds 2–4.

Distribution

Florida.

Discussion

Varieties 2 (2 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

Lupinus westianus var. aridorum, Lupinus westianus var. westianus

Key

1	Corollas blue to pale lavender-blue, banner spots dark blue.	Lupinus westianus var. westianus
1	Corollas pink, banner spots deep reddish purple.	Lupinus westianus var. aridorum