Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis |
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chick lupine |
chick lupine |
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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 |
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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 |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
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. |
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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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