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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Lupinus nanus''
| image = Nanus.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Dicotyledon|Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Fabales]]
| familia = [[Fabaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Faboideae]]
| tribus = [[Genisteae]]
| genus = ''[[Lupinus]]''
| subgenus = ''Platycarpos'' [http://koti.mbnet.fi/bkurl/Classific.htm (Wats.)Kurl].
| species = '''''L. nanus'''''
| binomial = ''Lupinus nanus''
| 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]].
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. ''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]]).
==External links==
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=LUNA3 USDA profile] of ''Lupinus nanus''
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?3691,4023,4107 Jepson Manual entry] of ''Lupinus nanus''
[[Category:Faboideae]]
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