Lupinus angustiflorus

Narrow flowered lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Narrow flowered lupine is a California native perennial found in northern and central Sierra Nevada Mountains, eastern Great Basin, and Cascade Range in yellow pine to subalpine forests and sagebrush scrub at elevations of 1,000 to 3,500 meters. Flowering from June to September, this plant produces pale yellow to orange-yellow flowers occasionally white, with an orange to yellow spot on the banner and pale lavender keel tips. Growing 5 to 12 decimeters tall with erect green stems that are glabrous to hairy, it develops an open inflorescence 6 to 34 centimeters long. Its leaves have 6 to 9 leaflets, each 20 to 60 millimeters long, with stipules 5 to 13 millimeters in length. The fruit is a hairy pod 2.5 to 4 centimeters long, containing speckled tan and brown seeds.

Habitat: Generally volcanic soils, yellow pine to subalpine forests, sagebrush scrub

Bloom period: Jun-Sep

Elevation: 1000-3500 m

Bioregions: CaRH, n&ampc SNH, GB.

California counties: Mono, Alpine, Butte, Shasta, Siskiyou, Placer, El Dorado, Amador, Plumas, Lassen, Nevada, Sierra, Tehama, Modoc

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