Herbs, perennial, 6–9 dm, green, hairy. Cotyledons deciduous, petiolate. Stems erect, branched distally, emerging from ground stout, red. Leaves cauline; stip­ules 6–20 mm; petiole 1–7 cm; leaflets 6–8(–10), blades (15–)38–61 × 8–13 mm, adaxial surface green, ± puberulent to short-villous. Peduncles 3–9 cm; bracts ± persistent, 7–14 mm (conspicuously longer than buds). Racemes 15–20 cm; flowers not whorled. Pedicels 2–6 mm. Flowers 8–14 mm; calyx bulge or spur 0–1 mm, abaxial lobe 3-toothed, 6–10 mm, adaxial lobe notched, 7–9 mm; corolla pale yellow, banner glabrous abaxially, keel upcurved, glabrous. Legumes 2.5–5 cm, hairy. Seeds 3–6.

Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Open areas in red fir forests.
Elevation: (1300–)1500–2000 m.

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Lupinus elmeri is known from South Fork Mountain in Humboldt and Trinity counties.

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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