Lupinus lucidulus Rydb.

  • Authority

    New York Botanical Garden. Herbarium of Dr. Per Axel Rydberg. Purchased, 1899. Contributions from the New York Botanical Garden.

  • Family

    Fabaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Lupinus lucidulus Rydb.

  • Description

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    Species Description - Perennial: stem 5-6 dm. high, branched above, finely silky strigose, especially the upper portions, leafy; stipules minute, ovate, acuminate: petioles 3-5 cm. long; leaflets 7-8, linear-oblanceo late, silky and silvery on both sides, about 3 cm. long: raceme 1-2 dm. long, lax: flowers scattered; pedicels and calyx densely pubescent with short strictly appressed silky hairs; lower lip of the calyx about 5 mm. long, lanceolate, almost twice as long as the short ovate upper one: corolla yellow or light pink; banner slightly exceeding the wings, with a few short hairs on the back, with a darker spot, about 8 mm. long: pods densely silky pubescent.

  • Discussion

    This species is nearest related to L. sulphureus, but differs in the more silvery pubescence, the smaller flowers and the appressed pubescence of the calyx and pedicels. The type grew at an altitude of 1900 m.

    Wyoming: Spread Creek, 1897, F. Tweedy, 271 (type in herb. N. Y. Bot. Garden).

  • Distribution

    Wyoming: Spread Creek.

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