Lupinus succulentus
Arroyo lupine
Family: Fabaceae · Type: perennial · Native
Arroyo lupine is a California native perennial found in central and western California, the Great Valley, northwestern California, and southwestern regions in open and disturbed areas at elevations below 1,300 meters. Flowering from February to May, this plant produces blue-purple flowers with a white banner spot that turns magenta with age, ranging 12 to 18 millimeters long. Growing 20 to 100 centimeters tall with a fleshy, sparsely hairy stem, it has a robust and distinctive appearance. Its compound leaves feature 7 to 9 leaflets, each 20 to 60 millimeters long and 7 to 20 millimeters wide, with a smooth upper surface. The fruit is a hairy pod 3.5 to 5 centimeters long, containing 6 to 9 seeds.
Habitat: Abundant. Open or disturbed areas, many plant communities, often seeded on roadbanks
Bloom period: Feb-May
Elevation: < 1300 m
Bioregions: c&s NW, GV, CW, SW
California counties: Kern, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Clara, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Riverside, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Bernardino, Yolo, Mendocino, Colusa, Shasta, Lake, Butte, Santa Cruz, Merced, San Mateo, Marin, Napa, Alameda, Fresno, Tulare, Solano, Contra Costa, Imperial, Stanislaus, San Joaquin, Kings, Amador, El Dorado, Sutter, Tehama, Glenn, San Benito, Sonoma, Sacramento, Humboldt, Tuolumne, San Francisco, Placer, Plumas
Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.