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Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine, dense-flower lupine
Bracts

with long, shaggy hairs.
Corolla

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 long, shaggy hairs;

appendages usually absent.
Legumes

usually erect or spreading.
2n

= 48.

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus
Phenology Flowering late spring–summer.
Habitat Open or disturbed areas.
Elevation 0–1600 m. (0–5200 ft.)
Distribution
from FNA
AZ; CA; NV; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California); South America (Argentina, Chile)
Discussion

Variety microcarpus is introduced in Arizona (Gila County).

(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. horizontalis
Synonyms 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 unknown
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