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Lupinus onustus

S. Wats.

Plumas Lupine

G4Apparently Secure Found in 7 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G4Apparently SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.149595

Element CodePDFAB2B2V0

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryVascular Plant

Endemicendemic to a single nation

KingdomPlantae

PhylumAnthophyta

ClassDicotyledoneae

OrderFabales

FamilyFabaceae

GenusLupinus

Concept Reference

Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.

Taxonomic Comments

Includes L. thompsonianus (see C.P. Smith in Abrams 1944; Munz 1959; Kartesz 1999), which is not the same as L. latifolius var. thompsonianus (see Hitchcock et al. 1961; Abrams 1944; cf. Kartesz 1999). BMacB 11/30/2000.

Conservation Status

Review Date2005-05-31

Change Date2005-05-31

Edition Date2000-11-30

Edition AuthorsRusso, Mary (TNC WRO), 1/89; rev. B. MacBryde 11/2000.

Rank Reasons

Lupinus onustus is in southern Oregon and in northern California (1000-2000 meters) from the Klamath Ranges to northern Sierra Nevada, occurring on dry banks or slopes in open forest, sometimes on serpentine.

Ecology & Habitat

Other Nations (1)

United StatesN4

Province	Rank	Native
California	SNR	Yes
Oregon	SNR	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (7)

California (6)

Area	Forest	Acres
Backbone	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	11,466
Lake Eleanor	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	397
North Fork Smith	Six Rivers National Forest	37,898
Packsaddle	Six Rivers National Forest	3,862
Siskiyou B	Six Rivers National Forest	18,871
West Girard	Shasta-Trinity National Forest	37,516

Oregon (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
South Kalmiopsis	Siskiyou National Forests	104,477

References (6)

Abrams, L. 1944. Illustrated flora of the Pacific states: Washington, Oregon, and California. Vol. 2. Polygonaceae to Krameriaceae. Stanford Univ. Press, Stanford, California. 635 pp.
Hickman, J. C., ed. 1993. The Jepson manual: Higher plants of California. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA. 1400 pp.
Isely, D. 1998. Native and naturalized Leguminosae (Fabaceae) of the United States (exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii). Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum, Brigham Young University; MLBM Press, Provo, Utah. 1007 pp.
Kartesz, J.T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Munz, P.A., with D.D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. Univ. California Press, Berkeley. 1681 pp.
Peck, M.E. 1961. A manual of the higher plants of Oregon. 2nd edition. Binsford & Mort, Portland, Oregon. 936 pp.