Lupinus andersonii S.Watson

Every year I give this lupine a different name. Truely I remember
it as being off white in previous years, and 1991 it comes up
blue with those dark purple individuals along one trail only.
The cows do eat it later in the season-well in 1991 due to bitter
complaints by me and some others the grazing pressure was cut
down in the Bridgeport area and it had not been grazed by Aug.
ist! Not all the cows in this area survive, and I have heard
cowboys wondering why. Perhaps it is the food they eat which,
when they first arrive, is lush and later is sparse indeed. I
suppose that Geum spp. are not very delicious cause they are
multiplying. Geum is not listed as poisonous, however. But I
wonder since it is not touched.
Population decimated by overgrazing
(apparently rare Bodie Mt.). pedicels
4mm. spur ca. 1mm (variable), bracts
not cadcous,or late, upper calyx lip
5 mm. lower 3mm tube 2mm.Radical
leaves few or 0. upper leaf surface
glabrous, lower sparsely pubescent.
These plants stunted from overgrazing
well-grown plants probably ca 3‘ tall.
Sympatric with ungrazed L. argenteus
heteranthus and meionathes,
both uncommon.30831a
Lupi nuts ? andersonii
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Flowers white, banner with yellow
0ye=sspot.Succulent, and apparently edible,
heavily grazed when all else is -finished.
Tall, to 3 ft.
Altitude: C}KXX) -ft. to ca. 10,000 -Ft.
Clare B. Hardham, No. 30031
July 21,1991
PLANTS OF POTATO MOUNTAIN
Mono County, California
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