Lupinus excubitus var. johnstonii C.P.Sm.

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Flora of the Liebre Mountains,
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Fabaceae
Lupinus excubitus M.E.Jones
var. johnstonii C.P. Smith in Jepson
LIEBRE MTN: central summit area, ca 1750 m WSW of
Bear Gulch Camp. Liebre Mtn 7.5' USGS Quadrangle;
T7N R17W, ctr W/3 SE/4. Elevation ca 5560-5685 feet.
Rolling summits and draws dominated by Quercus
wislizeni, Q. xmorehus (just leafing out), Q. kelloggii,
with scattered intermixed Ceanothus leucodermis,
Rhamnus californica, Ribes roezlii, Quercus chrysolepis,
and Sambucus mexicana. Openings small to broad
(decomposed granite; occasional outcropped rocks)
dominated by numerous herbaceous annuals and
perennials.
Perennial, woody only at base (but above ground);
stems prostrate, forming low patches ca 9-17 dm across,
generally on knolls and gradual slopes amid eroded
rockpiles. Petioles 3-6.5 cm; leaflets cupped, slivery-
green abaxially, greener adaxially; corolla 13-14 mm,
bluish-lavender (aging ± violet); back of banner
apparently glabrous; wings broad; keel mostly white,
violet in distal third, glabrous at base, ciliolate along
upper distal half.
02586530
Timothy S. Ross
Steve Boyd
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11 May 1994
02586530