Lupinus hyacinthinus Greene

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Los Angeles Co.

• Locality

  The San Gabriel Mountains. Vicinity of Pacifico Mountain: upper northerly slope of major flat-topped ridge ca 680 m due W of Sheep Camp Spring. N slope.

• Township, Range, Section

  4N, 11W, 33

• Elevation

  Alt. 2048 m. (6719 ft.)

• Coordinates

  34.3868, -118.044

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the San Gabriel Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Fabaceae
Lupinus aff. hyacinthinus E.L.Greene
Vicinity of PACIFICO MOUNTAIN: upper northerly
slope of major flat-topped ridge ca 680 m due W of Sheep
Camp Spring. T4NR11W section 33; near 34°23'12.5"N
118°0237"W; elevation ca. 6720 feet.
Coniferous forest, with occasional openings, on
decomposed granite of N slope, with Pinus jeffreyi, P.
lambertiana, Abies concolor, and Quercus chrysolepis
being the dominant trees.
Perennial, similar in general appearance to No. 7974 (L.
excubitus johnstonii) up on the flats, but strictly herbaceous
above-ground; leaves silvery-green, the leaflets not as tightly
cupped as 7974', corolla 12.5-13 mm long, purplish-lavender
with darker purplish veins; banner with pale yellow center patch,
this with fine grayish-violet speckling; back of banner only very
sparsely pilosulose, subglabrous; keel cream-white, apparently
glabrous. Local understory associates include Monardella aff.
cinerea, Chrysothamnus nauseosus, Eriogonum wrightii
subscaposwn, Elymus elymoides, Chaenactis santolinoides, Poa
secunda, Machaeranthera canescens, Agoseris retrorso, etc.
Timothy S. Ross 7977
31 May 1994
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