Lupinus elmeri

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Lupinus elmeri
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Critically Imperiled  (NatureServe)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Lupinus
Species:
L. elmeri
Binomial name
Lupinus elmeri
Synonyms

Lupinus albicaulis var. sylvestris (Greene) Lupinus sylvestris (Drew)

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Lupinus elmeri is an uncommon species of lupine known by the common names Elmer's lupine and South Fork Mountain lupine. It is endemic to California, [1] where it is known only from a few scattered occurrences in the northernmost slopes of the North Coast Ranges, in Trinity county. [2]

Description

This is an erect perennial herb with a thick reddish stem and green, hairy herbage. It reaches a maximum height near 90 centimetres (35 in). Each palmate leaf is made up of 6 to 10 leaflets up to 6 centimetres (2.4 in) long. The inflorescence bears pale yellow flowers each roughly a centimeter long which are not arranged in whorls as they are in many other lupines. The fruit is a hairy legume pod up to 5 centimetres (2.0 in) long. The bloom period is from the months of July and August. [2] The flowers color is yellow and white. [3] It is most commonly found in the month of July. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "Elmer's lupine". USDA . Plants Profile. Retrieved September 1, 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Lupinus elmeri Calflora". www.calflora.org. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  3. ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org. Retrieved 2023-08-14.
  4. ↑ "Lupinus elmeri Greene". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-08-14.


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