(A. Heller) Jeps.
Pronunciation: loo-PIE-nus my-kro-KAR-pus hor-i-
zon-TAY-lis
Common name: Chick lupine
Family: Fabaceae (Pea)
Habitat: Sandy or gravelly washes to 4500', creosote
bush scrub and joshua tree woodland, east Mojave
Desert
Blooming period: March to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Lupinus
2) microcarpus 3) horizontalis