Lupinus andersonii

Anderson's lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Anderson's lupine is a California native perennial found in northwestern California, Sierra Nevada, western Transverse Ranges, San Bernardino Mountains, and eastern Sierra Nevada in dry slopes at elevations of 1,500 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces light blue to lavender or purple flowers 9 to 12 millimeters long with a white spot that turns purple. Growing with erect green stems 20 to 90 centimeters tall and distinctly hairy, it develops a robust upright form. Its palmately compound leaves have 6 to 9 leaflets, each 20 to 60 millimeters long, arranged on petioles 2 to 6 centimeters in length. The fruit is a silky pod 2 to 4.5 centimeters long, containing 4 to 6 mottled tan and brown seeds.

Habitat: dry slopes

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1500-3000 m

Bioregions: NW, SNH, WTR, SnBr, SNE

California counties: San Bernardino, Mono, Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Tulare, Inyo, Shasta, San Diego, Mariposa, Nevada, Alpine, Siskiyou, Orange, El Dorado, Plumas, Trinity, Butte, Lassen, Fresno, Placer, Tuolumne, Amador, Humboldt, Del Norte, Tehama, Sierra, Yuba, Calaveras, Santa Barbara

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.