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Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine

Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine

Bracts

with short-appressed to long-spreading hairs.

with short 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.

lavender to purple, becoming translucent;

wings persistent, broadly elliptic, lower and upper margins ciliate near claw;

lower keel margins ciliate near claw.

Calyces

with sparsely appressed to spreading hairs;

appendages usually absent.

with appressed to spreading hairs;

appendages usually purplish, 1–2 mm.

Legumes

usually secund, sometimes spreading.

erect or spreading.

2n

= 48.

= 48.

Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus

Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis

Phenology Flowering late spring. Flowering late spring.
Habitat Open or disturbed areas, grasslands, roadbanks. Desert washes, sandy or grav­elly areas.
Elevation 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) 100–1700 m. (300–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California)
from FNA
CA
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.)

Variety horizontalis occurs in desert regions east of Inner South Coast Ranges (the western side of San Joaquin Valley) and the eastern Mojave Desert.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Source FNA vol. 11. FNA vol. 11.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus microcarpus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus microcarpus
Sibling taxa
L. microcarpus var. horizontalis, L. microcarpus var. microcarpus
L. microcarpus var. densiflorus, 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 L. horizontalis, L. arenicola, L. densiflorus var. glareosus, L. horizontalis var. platypetalus
Name authority (Bentham) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 279. (1936) (A. Heller) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 280. (1936)
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