Lupinus lepidus var. culbertsonii

Hockett meadow lupine, Hockett Meadows Lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 1B.3

Hockett meadow lupine is a rare (CNPS 1B.3) California native perennial found in southern Sierra Nevada Mountains, specifically in Kaweah River, Tulare, and Fresno counties, in moist meadows and seeps beneath lodgepole pine at elevations of 1,900 to 3,600 meters. Flowering from July to August, this plant produces flowers with white to light yellow banner spots, clustered in 3 to 7 spaced whorls. Growing 15 to 40 centimeters tall with minimal stem development, it forms compact green clumps. Its leaves feature 10 to 30 millimeter leaflets distributed both at the base and along the stem, arranged in a delicate, open configuration. The inflorescence extends 4 to 12 centimeters, rising above the leaves with peduncles 8.5 to 16 millimeters long.

Habitat: Moist sites beneath lodgepole pine, meadows and seeps in granitic and limestone rocky areas

Bloom period: Jul-Aug

Elevation: 1900-3600 m

Bioregions: s SNH (Kaweah River, Tulare, Fresno cos.).

California counties: Tulare, Fresno, Mono, Inyo, Tuolumne

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