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After years of drought, this annual reappeared with many others along this road, area sometimes described as stabilized sand dunes
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After years of drought, this annual reappeared with many others along this road, area sometimes described as stabilized sand dunes
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After years of drought, this annual reappeared with many others along this road, area sometimes described as stabilized sand dunes
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After years of drought, this annual reappeared with many others along this road, area sometimes described as stabilized sand dunes. 'cotyledons disk-like, persistent'.
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Inflorescence: 4--13 cm, flowers spiraled; peduncle 6--15 cm; pedicels 3--5 mm; bracts 2--4 mm, straight, persistent, tips sparsely ciliate. Flower: with violet odor, 7--10 mm; calyx tips generally glabrous (ciliate), upper lip 3--3.5 mm, rounded or 2-toothed, lower 4--5 mm; petals deep blue-purple, banner spot white or yellow, in age magenta, keel glabrous.
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Inflorescence: 4--13 cm, flowers spiraled; peduncle 6--15 cm; pedicels 3--5 mm; bracts 2--4 mm, straight, persistent, tips sparsely ciliate. Flower: with violet odor, 7--10 mm; calyx tips generally glabrous (ciliate), upper lip 3--3.5 mm, rounded or 2-toothed, lower 4--5 mm; petals deep blue-purple, banner spot white or yellow, in age magenta, keel glabrous.
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Inflorescence: 4--13 cm, flowers spiraled; peduncle 6--15 cm; pedicels 3--5 mm; bracts 2--4 mm, straight, persistent, tips sparsely ciliate. Flower: with violet odor, 7--10 mm; calyx tips generally glabrous (ciliate), upper lip 3--3.5 mm, rounded or 2-toothed, lower 4--5 mm; petals deep blue-purple, banner spot white or yellow, in age magenta, keel glabrous.
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Inflorescence: 4--13 cm, flowers spiraled; peduncle 6--15 cm; pedicels 3--5 mm; bracts 2--4 mm, straight, persistent, tips sparsely ciliate. Flower: with violet odor, 7--10 mm; calyx tips generally glabrous (ciliate), upper lip 3--3.5 mm, rounded or 2-toothed, lower 4--5 mm; petals deep blue-purple, banner spot white or yellow, in age magenta, keel glabrous.
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Inflorescence: 4--13 cm, flowers spiraled; peduncle 6--15 cm; pedicels 3--5 mm; bracts 2--4 mm, straight, persistent, tips sparsely ciliate. Flower: with violet odor, 7--10 mm; calyx tips generally glabrous (ciliate), upper lip 3--3.5 mm, rounded or 2-toothed, lower 4--5 mm; petals deep blue-purple, banner spot white or yellow, in age magenta, keel glabrous.
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Leaf: basal; petiole 2--12 cm; leaflets 7--9, 10--20 mm, 3--8 mm wide, occasionally obovate, bright green.
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Leaf: basal; petiole 2--12 cm; leaflets 7--9, 10--20 mm, 3--8 mm wide, occasionally obovate, bright green.
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Fruit: 1.5--2.5 cm, +- 8 mm wide, oblong, upper suture wavy, densely long-ciliate, sides glabrous or hairs few, short, when dry scale-like. Seed: 2--6, wrinkled.
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This has become one of my favorite botanizing sites. Easy access and frequent travel make this a very convenient stop to watch as the season progresses. Here we have a little annual Lupine with quite connate cotyledons.
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2007 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos
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2007 California Academy of Sciences
CalPhotos
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