Lupinus pratensis

Inyo meadow lupine

Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Inyo meadow lupine is a California native perennial found in eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains in alpine and subalpine meadow habitats at elevations above 2,000 meters. Flowering from June to August, this plant produces violet to dark blue to pink flowers with an orange to red banner spot, clustered in dense inflorescences 5 to 28 centimeters long. Growing 30 to 70 centimeters tall with erect, hollow green stems that are distinctly hairy, it develops an upright and robust form. Its leaves are composed of 5 to 10 green leaflets ranging from 30 to 80 millimeters long, with basal leaf stalks 10 to 25 centimeters in length. The fruit is 1.5 to 2 centimeters long, covered in dense hairs, and contains 4 to 6 mottled tan and brown seeds.

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

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