Lupinus nevadensis

Nevada lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Conservation status: CNPS 4.3

Nevada lupine is a California native perennial found in the Great Basin and Desert Mountains in sagebrush scrub, hillsides, valleys, and pinyon/juniper woodland at elevations of 1,000 to 3,000 meters. Flowering from April to August, this plant produces blue flowers with white to pale yellow banner spots, arranged in spiraled clusters 5 to 17 centimeters long. Growing with erect stems 10 to 40 centimeters tall and densely covered in long hairs, it forms a robust herbaceous perennial. Its leaves have 6 to 10 leaflets, each 2 to 5 centimeters long, with basal leaflets on longer petioles and stem leaflets on shorter stalks. The fruit is a densely hairy pod 2.5 to 4 centimeters long, containing 3 to 4 seeds.

Habitat: Hillsides, valleys, sagebrush scrub, pinyon/juniper woodland

Bloom period: Apr-Aug

Elevation: 1000-3000 m

Bioregions: GB, DMtns

California counties: Inyo, Mono, Lassen

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