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''Lupinus truncatus'' is a species of lupine known by the common name collared annual lupine.
It is native to the coastal mountain ranges and canyons of
Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Lupinus truncatus''''Lupinus truncatus'' — U.C. Photo gallery
truncatus Flora of California Flora of Baja California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lupinus-stub
Baja California
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and California
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as far north as the San Francisco Bay Area
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. It grows in slope habitat such as chaparral and woodland, including areas that have recently burned.
Description
''Lupinus truncatus'' is an annual herb growing no more than tall. Each palmate leaf is made up of 5 to 8 narrow linear leaflets measuring 2 to 4 centimeters in length and just a few millimeters wide. The leaflets usually have truncate tips, or tips that appear sharply cut off and squared, the characteristic that gives the plant its species name. Theinflorescence
An inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a complicated arrangement of branches. Morphology (biology), Morphologically, it is the modified part of the shoot of sperma ...
is a raceme of widely spaced flowers each roughly a centimeter long. The flower is magenta or reddish purple in color with a yellowish or magenta patch on its banner.
The fruit is a hairy legume pod about 3 centimeters long and half a centimeter wide.
See also
* California chaparral and woodlands *
External links
Jepson Manual Treatment: ''Lupinus truncatus''
truncatus Flora of California Flora of Baja California Natural history of the California chaparral and woodlands Natural history of the California Coast Ranges Natural history of the Peninsular Ranges Natural history of the Santa Monica Mountains Natural history of the Transverse Ranges Flora without expected TNC conservation status {{Lupinus-stub