Lupinus nanus

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Lupinus nanus
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Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Tribe: Genisteae
Genus: Lupinus
Subgenus: Platycarpos (Wats.)Kurl.
Species: L. nanus

Binomial name
Lupinus nanus
Douglas ex Benth.

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 and Nevada.

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

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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