Eastern Mojave Vegetation Coll. No. 3246, Lupinus argenteus var. argenteus.  
 

 

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Photographed 7 November 2024.

Native and Naturalized Flora of the Golden Area, Jefferson County, Colorado
Fabaceae

Lupinus argenteus Pursh var. argenteus.  Loosely Flowered Silver Lupine.

Tripp Ranch Meadow, Jefferson County, Colorado. Very small (1.67 ac.) City of Golden-owned open space, adjacent to Jefferson County Open Space (Apex Park) and Stonebridge HOA common area, accessed by narrow passage from Crawford Street, 3.44 km. south of the GNIS location of Golden. 39.72573°N, 105.21574°W. WGS 1984 Elev. 1849 m. Dry (-ish) northeast-facing slope. Also here: Artemisia ludoviciana, Helianthus pumilis, Heterotheca villosa, Linaria dalmatica, Eriogonum umbellatum, Rosa arkansana, and Koeleria macrantha. High mixed-grass prairie at base of Rocky Mountain Front Range.

Collected by permit: City of Golden, 2024, issued: Mar 29, 2024, to: Tom Schweich.

Tom Schweich 3246. 8-Jun-2024

Coll. No. 3246, 8 June 2024, characters observed: Perennial, of dry mixed-grass prairie, to 60 cm., caulescent, hairy but not densely villous; Leaves, cauline, palmate; Leaflets, #9, lance-linear, 56 mm. × 7 mm. wide, many folded, more hairy adaxial, less hairy abaxial; Calyx, tube 2.5 mm. + lobes 3 mm., tube gibbous; Corolla, 8 mm., closed appearance, blue, banner, recurved 3 mm. below apex, back glabrous, eyespot pale.

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Date and time this page was prepared: 12/8/2024 2:16:13 PM