Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus |
Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus |
|
---|---|---|
chick lupine, dense-flower lupine |
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 |
AZ; CA; NV; OR; WA; BC; Mexico (Baja California); South America (Argentina, Chile) |
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 | ||
Sibling taxa | ||
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) |
Web links |
|