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Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis
Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine
Bracts

with short to long, spreading hairs.
Corolla

lavender to purple, becoming translucent;

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

lower keel margins ciliate near claw.
Calyces

with appressed to spreading hairs;

appendages usually purplish, 1–2 mm.
Legumes

erect or spreading.
2n

= 48.

Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis
Phenology Flowering late spring.
Habitat Desert washes, sandy or grav­elly areas.
Elevation 100–1700 m. (300–5600 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
CA
Discussion

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