Lupinus microcarpus
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Lupinus microcarpus, the wide-bannered lupine or chick lupine, is a species of lupine native to western North America from southwestern British Columbia south through Oregon and California, including the Mojave Desert, and into Baja California. There is also a disjunct population in South America, with locations in central Chile and western Argentina.
Description
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The flowers are generally pink to purple in color, but can also be between white and yellow; they are produced in open whorls on an erect spike.
Lupinus microcarpus grows from sea level in the north of its range, up to Script error: No such module "convert". high in Southern California.
Varieties
There are three named botanical varieties:
- Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus - whitewhorl lupine[1] or dense-flowered lupine. Endemic and restricted to western California (formerly Lupinus densiflorus).[2]
- Lupinus microcarpus var. horizontalis. Endemic and restricted to southeastern California deserts.[3]
- Lupinus microcarpus var. microcarpus. Widespread, British Columbia to Chile.[4]
Phytoremediation waste management
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References
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- ↑ Jepson Manual treatment for LUPINUS microcarpus var. densiflorus . accessed 10.21.2011
- ↑ Jepson Manual treatment for LUPINUS microcarpus var. horizontalis . accessed 10.21.2011
- ↑ Jepson Manual treatment for LUPINUS microcarpus var. microcarpus . accessed 10.21.2011
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- Mojave Desert Wildflowers, Jon Mark Stewart, 1998, pg. 137
- Chilean Scientists use the plant for wastes' Phytoremediation clean-up management of soils.
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- Lupinus
- Flora of British Columbia
- Flora of the West Coast of the United States
- Flora of Washington (state)
- Flora of Oregon
- Flora of California
- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Argentina
- Flora of Chile
- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sierra Nevada (United States)
- Garden plants of North America
- Garden plants of South America
- Phytoremediation plants
- Flora without expected TNC conservation status