Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus |
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chick lupine |
chick lupine, dense-flower lupine |
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Bracts | with short-appressed to long-spreading hairs. |
with long, shaggy 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. |
pink to rose, or lavender to purple, rarely yellowish or white; wings withering, linear to lanceolate, lower margins rarely ciliate, upper margins ciliate near claw; lower keel margins sometimes ciliate near claw. |
Calyces | with sparsely appressed to spreading hairs; appendages usually absent. |
with long, shaggy hairs; appendages usually absent. |
Legumes | usually secund, sometimes spreading. |
usually erect or spreading. |
2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | Flowering late spring–summer. |
Habitat | Open or disturbed areas, grasslands, roadbanks. | Open or disturbed areas. |
Elevation | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
AZ; CA; NV; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California); South America (Argentina, Chile) |
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 microcarpus is introduced in Arizona (Gila County). (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. densiflorus subsp. austrocollium, L. densiflorus var. austrocollium, L. densiflorus var. crinitus, L. densiflorus var. palustris, L. densiflorus var. persecundus, L. microcarpus var. ruber, L. microcarpus var. scopulorum, L. ruber, L. subvexus, L. subvexus var. albilanatus, L. subvexus var. fluviatilis, L. subvexus var. phoeniceus, L. subvexus var. transmontanus |
Name authority | (Bentham) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 279. (1936) | unknown |
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