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Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus
Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine
Bracts

with short-appressed to long-spreading hairs.
Corolla

usually white to yellow, sometimes tinged pink or lavender, rarely rose or purple;

wings withering, oblanceolate, lower margins rarely ciliate near claw, upper margins usually ciliate near claw;

lower keel margins sometimes sparsely ciliate near claw.
Calyces

with sparsely appressed to spreading hairs;

appendages usually absent.
Legumes

usually secund, sometimes spreading.
2n

= 48.

Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus
Phenology Flowering late spring.
Habitat Open or disturbed areas, grasslands, roadbanks.
Elevation 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California)
Discussion

Variety densiflorus occurs widely in western and central California and is apparently localized in mountainous areas of Gila County, Arizona.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus microcarpus
Sibling taxa
L. microcarpus var. horizontalis, L. microcarpus var. microcarpus
Synonyms L. densiflorus, L. densiflorus var. aureus, L. densiflorus subsp. lacteus, L. densiflorus var. lacteus, L. densiflorus var. menziesii, L. densiflorus var. versabilis
Name authority (Bentham) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 279. (1936)
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