Lupinus antoninus

Anthony peak lupine, Anthony Peak Lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.2

Anthony peak lupine is a rare (CNPS 1B.2) California native perennial found in the North Coast Ranges Highlands near Anthony Peak in Mendocino County in open fir forest at elevations around 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to July, this plant produces white to yellowish flowers with tawny banner spots in open spiraled clusters 4 to 20 centimeters long. Growing 20 to 50 centimeters tall with erect stems densely covered in gray to silver hairs, it forms an upright herbaceous habit. Its palmate leaves have 6 to 7 leaflets, each 15 to 25 millimeters long, arranged on petioles 1 to 2 centimeters in length. The fruit is a silky pod 2.5 to 3.5 centimeters long containing 4 to 5 mottled brown seeds.

Habitat: Open fir forest

Bloom period: Jun-Jul

Elevation: +- 2000 m.

Bioregions: NCoRH (Anthony Peak, Mendocino Co.).

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