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Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine, dense-flower lupine

Photo is of parent taxon

chick lupine

Bracts

with long, shaggy hairs.

with short-appressed to long-spreading 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.

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 long, shaggy hairs;

appendages usually absent.

with sparsely appressed to spreading hairs;

appendages usually absent.

Legumes

usually erect or spreading.

usually secund, sometimes spreading.

2n

= 48.

= 48.

Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus

Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus

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

Variety microcarpus is introduced in Arizona (Gila County).

(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.
Parent taxa Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus microcarpus Fabaceae > subfam. Faboideae > Lupinus > Lupinus microcarpus
Sibling taxa
L. microcarpus var. densiflorus, L. microcarpus var. horizontalis
L. microcarpus var. horizontalis, L. microcarpus var. microcarpus
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 L. densiflorus, L. densiflorus var. aureus, L. densiflorus subsp. lacteus, L. densiflorus var. lacteus, L. densiflorus var. menziesii, L. densiflorus var. versabilis
Name authority unknown (Bentham) Jepson: Fl. Calif. 2: 279. (1936)
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