Lupinus polyphyllus (Bigleaf Lupine)

7/7/07 Soda Creek, Hwy. 108 (Sonora Hwy.), Toiyabe National Forest,

Mono County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Bigleaf Lupine

SPECIES: Lupinus polyphyllus

FAMILY: Fabaceae (Pea Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 7/7/07

LOCATION: Soda Creek, Hwy. 108, Sonora Hwy., Toiyabe National Forest, Mono County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Habit: Perennial herb 2--15 dm, green, glabrous or sparsely hairy. 

Stem: erect, stout, generally hollow. 

Leaf: basal and cauline; stipules 5--30 mm; petioles 3--45 cm, upper shorter; leaflets 5--17, 40--150 mm. 

Inflorescence: 6--40 cm, open, flowers +- whorled; peduncle 3--13 cm; pedicels 3--15 mm; bract 7--11 mm. 

Flower: 9--15 mm; calyx lips 4--7 mm, entire; petals violet to lavender to pink to white, banner back glabrous, spot yellow to white occasionally turning red-purple, keel upcurved, generally glabrous. Fruit: 2.5--4 cm, hairy. 

Seed: 3--9. 

Jepson eFlora Author: Teresa Sholars & Rhonda Riggins