Lupinus formosus Greene

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Los Angeles Co.

• Locality

  Lower Spunky Canyon: easterly slope at the effluence of the canyon into Bouquet Reservoir. Green Valley 7.5' USGS quadrangle.

• Township, Range, Section

  6N, 14W, SW/4 NW/4 SE/4 S20

• Elevation

  Alt. 916 - 927 m. (3005 - 3041 ft.)

• Coordinates

  34.5947, -118.384

• Coordinate Uncertainty (m)

  969

• Georeferencing Method

  GEOLocate Web Application. Used GEOLocate Web Application (batch client) to convert Township Range Section (Public Land Survey System) coordinates to decimal degrees with high precision.

• Geodetic Datum

  WGS84

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Flora of the Liebre Mountains,
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Fabaceae
Lupinus formosus E.L. Greene
var. formosus
Lower SPUNKY CANYON: easterly slope at the
effluence of the canyon into Bouquet Reservoir. Green
Valley 7.5' USGS quadrangle. T6N R14W, SW/4 NW/4
SE/4 section 20. Elevation ca 3005-3040 ft.
Herbaceous perennial, scattered locally in heavy soil
on steep eroding slope; caudex subterranean, root/shoot
system ± rhizomatous; herbage silvery green; leaflets
mostly cupped; flowers bluish-lavender with darker
longitudinal veins; center of banner white with violet
punctulations; keel apparently glabrous. Associated
locally with Eriogonum fasciculatum var.foliolosum,
Salvia apiana, Galium angustifolium, Eriophyllum
confertiflorum, Melica imperfecta, Eriodictyon
crassifolium var. nigrescens, and Cercocarpus betuloides.
Timothy S. Ross 7549
Darin Banks
13 April 1994
02597995