Lupinus formosus Greene

• Region

  North America

• Country

  United States of America

• State/Province

  California

• County/Municipio

  Los Angeles Co.

• Locality

  Western San Gabriel Mts.: ridgetop saddle at the head of the old road that drops northward to Los Pinetos Spring; San Fernando 7.5' USGS quad.

• Township, Range, Section

  3N, 15W, NE/4 SW/4 SW/4 S10

• Elevation

  Alt. 969 m. (3179 ft.)

• Coordinates

  34.3594, -118.44

• 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

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RANCHO SANTA ANA BOTANIC GARDEN
Hora of Los Angeles County, California, U.S.A.
Fabaceae
Lupinus formosus E.L.Greene
var. formosus
Western SAN GABRIEL MTNS: ridgetop saddle at the
head of the old road that drops northward to Los Pinetos
Spring; San Fernando 7.5' USGS quad; R15W T3N, NE/4
SW/4 SW/4 sect 10; ca 3180 feet elevation.
Perennial, entirely herbaceous above ground, possibly
with a semi-rhizomatous root system. Stems decumbent.
Localized in saddle on a decomposed granite substrate,
dominating an area ca 8 by 5 meters square with a couple
of outlier plants nearby. Corollas deep purplish-blue.
Tim Ross 7129
Walter Appleby
13 May 1993
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