Lupinus croceus

Mount eddy lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Mount eddy lupine is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges and California Ranges in rocky dry places, yellow pine and fir forests, and montane chaparral at elevations of 900 to 2,700 meters. Flowering from May to August, this plant produces bright yellow to orange-yellow flowers 12 to 15 millimeters long in whorled clusters. Growing 40 to 60 centimeters tall with erect green stems that are glabrous to sparsely hairy, it forms an upright perennial herb. Its leaves have 5 to 9 leaflets, each 30 to 60 millimeters long, with stipules 4 to 10 millimeters in length. The fruit is a hairy pod 2 to 3.5 centimeters long, containing 3 to 5 mottled tan seeds.

Habitat: Rocky dry places, yellow pine and fir forests, montane chaparral

Bloom period: May-Aug

Elevation: 900-2700 m

Bioregions: KR, CaR.

California counties: Siskiyou, Lassen, Trinity, Shasta

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