Lupinus excubitus var. hallii (Abrams) C.P.Sm.

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Horn of the Liebre Mountains
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Fabaceae
Lupinus excubitus M.E .Jones
var. hallii (Abrams) C.P.Smith
BOUQUET CANYON: along Bouquet Canyon Road at
its intersection with a US Forest Service road that winds
up onto the ridge between Bouquet Canyon and Mystic
Canyon. USGS 7.51 Green Valley Quadrangle; T5N
R15W, SE/4 SE/4 SW/4 Section 10; elev. ca 1950-2000
feet.
Canyon bottom with narrow stream and riparian woodland
elements; adjacent slopes with chaparral and coastal sage scrub
elements.
Shrub to ca 18 dm; definitely woody with a twisted trunk ca
10 cm diameter at its base; on Bouquet schist colluvium of steep
northwesterly slope. Leaves grayish green; inflorescence bracts
ca 8 mm; corolla lavender to violet, ± 13-15 mm long; banner
with yellow center patch and bluish lateral veins; patch aging
deep violet; back of banner apparently glabrous; keel ciliate
above, pale, with purple/violet apex. Locally uncommon;
associated with Heteromeles arbutifolia. Salvia mellifera,
Phacelia aff. imbricata, Quercus agrifolia, Toxicodendron
diversilobwn, Artemisia californica.
Timothy S. Ross 8532	8 May 1995
Victor W. Steinmann
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