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Lupinus nanus, Douglas. St. slender, ½ -l ft., often branching from the base, hairy: Ifts. 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. B.R. 1705.—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.

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==

| color = lightgreen

| name = ''Lupinus nanus''

 

| image = Nanus.jpg

===Propagation===

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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]

| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]

| ordo = [[Fabales]]

| familia = [[Fabaceae]]

| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]

| binomial_authority = [[David Douglas|Douglas]] ex [[Benth.]]

'''''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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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  

*''Lupinus nanus'' subsp. ''nanus''

*''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]]).

 

 

*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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==External links==

==External links==

*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUNA3 USDA profile] of ''Lupinus nanus''

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