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chick lupine

Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine, dense-flower lupine

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

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
from FNA
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California)
from FNA
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.
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. horizontalis
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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