Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis |
Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
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chick lupine |
chick lupine |
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Bracts | with short to long, spreading hairs. |
with short-appressed 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. |
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. |
Calyces | with appressed to spreading hairs; appendages usually purplish, 1–2 mm. |
with sparsely appressed to spreading hairs; appendages usually absent. |
Legumes | erect or spreading. |
usually secund, sometimes spreading. |
2n | = 48. |
= 48. |
Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis |
Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
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Phenology | Flowering late spring. | Flowering late spring. |
Habitat | Desert washes, sandy or gravelly areas. | Open or disturbed areas, grasslands, roadbanks. |
Elevation | 100–1700 m. (300–5600 ft.) | 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.) |
Distribution |
CA |
AZ; CA; Mexico (Baja California) |
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.) |
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.) |
Source | FNA vol. 11. | FNA vol. 11. |
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Synonyms | L. horizontalis, L. arenicola, L. densiflorus var. glareosus, L. horizontalis var. platypetalus | L. densiflorus, L. densiflorus var. aureus, L. densiflorus subsp. lacteus, L. densiflorus var. lacteus, L. densiflorus var. menziesii, L. densiflorus var. versabilis |
Name authority | (A. Heller) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 280. (1936) | (Bentham) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 279. (1936) |
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