RSA - California Botanic Garden Herbarium (RSA:RSA)
cad37492-980b-44e4-ad1d-683467eb15fd
599805
Lupinus excubitus var. austromontanus (Heller) C.P. Sm.
Fabaceae
Steve Boyd
9297
1997-03-25
Lauren Raz
United States, California, Los Angeles, Liebre Mountains region: Upper end of broad alluvial valley at head of Cienaga Canyon, southern base of Liebre Mountain, at end of dirt road leading 1 km northeast of Knapp Ranch.; Liebre Mountain
34.6963611 -118.6594444
T7N R17W S14 E 1/2 SW1/4
meters
3600-4200ft.
Gently sloping, broad alluvial fan with deep alluvial soils, adjacent steep slopes with coarse, decomposed granite soils. Extensive areas of loose soils on steep slopes characterized by open stands of Eriogonum fasciculatum and Eriophyllum confertiflorum, surrounded by more dense chaparral of Adenostoma fasciculatum, Cercocarpus betuloides, Quercus wislizeni, Quercus berberidifolia, and Rhamnus ilicifolia on shallower soils of rocky outcrops; deep alluvial soils of fan with mosaic of dense low scrub of Eriogonum fasciculatum and taller scrub of Adenostoma fasciculatum; springs in canyon bottom with Rubus ursinus, Salix lasiolepis, Salix laevigata, and Juncus mexicana.
suffrutescent perennial forming compact mounds, flowers light to dark purplle, banner spot yellow, becoming darker purple. Common on decomposed granite.