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| color = lightgreen
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|familia=Fabaceae
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| name = ''Lupinus nanus''
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|genus=Lupinus
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| image = Nanus.jpg
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|species=nanus
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|common_name=Sky Lupine, Field Lupine, Dwarf Lupin, Douglas' Annual Lupine
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|habit=herbaceous
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Fabales]]
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| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
 
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| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
 
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| tribus = [[Genisteae]]
 
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| genus = ''[[Lupinus]]''
 
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| subgenus = ''Platycarpos'' [http://koti.mbnet.fi/bkurl/Classific.htm (Wats.)Kurl].
 
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| species = '''''L. nanus'''''
 
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| binomial = ''Lupinus nanus''
 
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| binomial_authority = [[David Douglas|Douglas]] ex [[Benth.]]
 
 
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'''''Lupinus nanus''''' ("Sky Lupine", "Field Lupine", "Dwarf Lupin" or "Douglas' Annual Lupine"), is a species of [[lupin]]e native to the western [[United States]].  It grows naturally in chaparral clearings and along slopes in [[California]], [[Nevada]], and on [[Steens Mountain]] in eastern [[Oregon]].
  
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'''''Lupinus nanus''''' ("Sky Lupine", "Field Lupine", "Dwarf Lupin" or "Douglas' Annual Lupine"), is a species of [[lupin]]e native to the western [[United States]]. It grows naturally in chaparral clearings and along slopes in [[California]] and [[Nevada]].
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Lupinus nanus, Douglas. St. slender, ½ -l ft., often branching from the base, hairy: lfts. 5-7, linear to oblanceolate, pointed, pubescent both sides, stalks 1-3 times longer: fls. in elongated, loose racemes, verticillate on slender stalks, large, white, pointed with clear blue, edged with deeper blue; wings bluish, hiding white brownish keel: pod hairy. June, July. Calif. —This species and its varieties are very floriferous, giving a fine effect in masses and in the border. Var. albus Hort., white tinged with lilac. Var. albo- coccineus, Hort. A very compact variety, the lower half of the spike rosy red, the upper white; forms compact tufts and is called a superior variety.
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==Varieties==
 
There are three accepted [[subspecies]] of ''Lupinus nanus'' [http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=LUNA3&display=31]:
 
There are three accepted [[subspecies]] of ''Lupinus nanus'' [http://plants.usda.gov/java/ClassificationServlet?source=profile&symbol=LUNA3&display=31]:
 
*''Lupinus nanus'' subsp. ''latifolius'' (Benth. ex Torr.) D.Dunn  
 
*''Lupinus nanus'' subsp. ''latifolius'' (Benth. ex Torr.) D.Dunn  
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*''Lupinus nanus'' subsp. ''nanus''
 
*''Lupinus nanus'' subsp. ''nanus''
  
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''L. nanus'' is often found in mixed populations with ''L. bicolor'', ''L. pachylobus'', ''L. micranthus'', and ''L. vallicola'' (some of these species are not currently recognized as distinct taxa in the [[Jepson Manual]]).
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==References==
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUNA3 USDA profile] of ''Lupinus nanus''
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*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4023,4107 Jepson Manual entry] of ''Lupinus nanus''
 
  
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Latest revision as of 03:23, 14 December 2009


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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous
Cultivation
Scientific Names

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Lupinus nanus ("Sky Lupine", "Field Lupine", "Dwarf Lupin" or "Douglas' Annual Lupine"), is a species of lupine native to the western United States. It grows naturally in chaparral clearings and along slopes in California, Nevada, and on Steens Mountain in eastern Oregon.


Read about Lupinus nanus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Lupinus nanus, Douglas. St. slender, ½ -l ft., often branching from the base, hairy: lfts. 5-7, linear to oblanceolate, pointed, pubescent both sides, stalks 1-3 times longer: fls. in elongated, loose racemes, verticillate on slender stalks, large, white, pointed with clear blue, edged with deeper blue; wings bluish, hiding white brownish keel: pod hairy. June, July. Calif. —This species and its varieties are very floriferous, giving a fine effect in masses and in the border. Var. albus Hort., white tinged with lilac. Var. albo- coccineus, Hort. A very compact variety, the lower half of the spike rosy red, the upper white; forms compact tufts and is called a superior variety.


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Cultivation

Propagation

Pests and diseases

Varieties

There are three accepted subspecies of Lupinus nanus [1]:

  • Lupinus nanus subsp. latifolius (Benth. ex Torr.) D.Dunn
  • Lupinus nanus subsp. menkerae (C.P.Sm.) D.Dunn (commonly called Menker's lupine)
  • Lupinus nanus subsp. nanus

Gallery

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